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Correction: Chicken-Parade-Protest story

Jul 29, 2024, 12:46 PM | Updated: Jul 30, 2024, 9:42 am

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a story published Jul. 29, 2024, about a chicken parade to protest a proposal to put stricter limits on backyard coops, The Associated Press erroneously attributed information to video from KOI-TV. The source was WOI-TV.

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Correction: Chicken-Parade-Protest story