DUBUQUE, IOWA (September 23, 2019) — University of Dubuque Heritage Center continues its seventh annual Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series with The Passing Zone at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, in John and Alice Butler Hall.

ANKENY, IOWA (September 23, 2019) — Brad Wilson, president and general manager of Western Iowa Energy, has been elected by his peers to serve as the new chair of the Iowa Biodiesel Board. The board of directors elected Wilson during the Iowa Biodiesel Board and National Biodiesel Board Regional Annual Meeting, September 18–19 in Des Moines.

WASHINGTON DC (September 20, 2019) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement highlighting actions announced by the Department of Labor (DOL) which will modernize the burdensome H2A visa process. First, DOL published a common-sense rule that eliminates the requirement to advertise a job-opening in print newspapers instead shifting to advertising on the DOL and State Workforce Agency websites, which are further reaching and more cost-effective.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 20, 2019) — In recognition of the tenth anniversary of National Juvenile Justice Action Month as proclaimed by the Washington DC-based Campaign for Youth Justice, Scott County Supervisor Ken Croken* announced today he will co-host a community forum on juvenile-justice issues at Noon on Saturday, October 5. The two-hour-long program — “Juvenile Justice and Jails” — will be co-hosted by the Juvenile Justice Coalition of the Quad Cities and held in the Champions Club R