DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority have announced $190,000 in grants have been awarded to ten rural Iowa communities through three Empower Rural Iowa Grant programs. The grant awards will support rural initiatives including housing, child care and business/community growth.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds was recently named a 2024 Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 26, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the appointment of Christine Hensley to the Iowa Board of Regents.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 24, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has returned from her ten-day trade mission to India.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 12, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds gave the keynote address at the US-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit (USIBC) in Delhi on the second day of her ten-day trade mission to India.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in Iowa on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, in honor of Patriot Day and in memory of those who lost their lives in the September 11 terrorist attacks. This year marks the 23rd Memorial of 9/11.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has left for an official trade mission to India. The delegation joining her includes Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and agricultural and business leaders from Iowa. The purpose of the mission is to work toward strengthening Iowa’s trade and investment relationships with one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Melinda Wicks and Matthew Schuling as district associate judges in Judicial Districts 3B and 4, respectively.

Wicks, of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, serves as a magistrate in Woodbury County and as a deputy county attorney in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, State of Nebraska. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and law degree from Washburn University of Law.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 6, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced that eleven charter schools will receive a total of nearly $4 million in grant-funding through the Iowa Charter Start-Up and Expansion Grant program. The grants will support new charter schools as they prepare for future operation as well as existing high-performing charter schools to improve or expand their classroom and course offerings.

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