William Petroski

bpetrosk@dmreg.com

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who has been exploring a 2016 run for president, will hold three town hall meetings in Iowa this weekend.

At 7 p.m. Saturday, he will appear in Dubuque at the Clarke University Student Activity Center. At noon Sunday, will speak at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, and 6:30 p.m. Sunday he will appear in Des Moines at Grace United Methodist Church, 3700 Cottage Grove Ave.

The forums will focus on income inequality and other economic justice issues and will include panel discussions with everyday Iowans on issues facing middle- and working-class people, organizers said.