Coming up on today's Talk of Iowa, Sherry Register joins Charity to discuss wetlands and wetlands restoration. Her book "The Big Marsh: The Story of a Lost Landscape" examines these topics. 

Tune in for Talk of Iowa weekdays at 10am with a re-broadcast at 10pm on IPR News.

Talk of Iowa Promo - June 9

Republican Iowa Senator David Johnson recently recently suspended his Republican Party membership in protest of Donald Trump's recent comments regarding a judge's ability to proceed with a case without bias. Johnson joins Ben Kieffer on today's River to River to discuss what he hopes to achieve with the protest. They'll also talk about children's mental health resources in the state.

Tune in for River to River weekdays at noon with a re-broadcast at 11pm on IPR News.

River to River Promo - June 9

- The World Pork Expo is in Des Moines this weekend
- Tips to avoid heat related illnesses as temps rise this weekend
- Thunderstorms in eastern Iowa today; otherwise partly cloudy and hot across the state today

IPR Newscast (5:30am) - June 9th

Maria Rose Belding and Grant Nelson were recently honored by President Obama for their work developing and implementing a database to connect hungry people with extra food. They’re calling the program the MEANS database, which is a website that allows grocery stores, restaurants and businesses to easily donate excess food, so that more goes to hungry people and less gets thrown in the dumpster. They joined Charity on Talk of Iowa yesterday.

To hear the whole show, visit http://iowapublicradio.org/post/new-database-built-iowans-aims-connect-people-food-people-who-need-it

Catch Talk of Iowa live each weekday morning at 10am with a re-broadcast at 10pm on IPR News.

Talk of Iowa: A New Database Built By Iowans Aims to Connect People With Food to People Who Need It

The Iowa Board of Regents will contemplate a tuition increase today for Iowa's three Regent universities after state legislators allocated much less for the universities than Regents were hoping for. Dean Borg has more.

A Tuition Increase is on the Agenda for the Iowa Board of Regents Today

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