WASHINGTON DC (September 19, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa on Blocking Appropriations:

 

The latest political ploy by the Democrats is to paint the Senate majority leader as obstructionist because he hasn’t moved to consider certain bills passed by the House.

Well, they can hardly use that talking-point anymore.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 19, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is joining forces with Facebook during National Voter Registration Month to help Iowans register to vote or update their voter-information. Between September 19-24, Iowans will see reminders in their Facebook News Feed about registering to vote.

WASHINGTON DC (September 19, 2019) – Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are working together to empower students and families with more information throughout the college search process.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 19, 2019) — The Figge Art Museum’s second-floor Mary Waterman Gildehaus Community Gallery will feature Day of the Dead: The Art of Remembrance beginning Saturday.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 19, 2019) — Make plans to attend the Carl Sandburg Songbag Concert Series performance by blues/jazz musicians Sally Weisenburg and Don Berbaum at the Carl Sandburg State Historic Site in Galesburg on Sunday, October 13.

FAYETTE, IOWA (September 19, 2019) — From the moment they first stepped through the office doors of the Chicago Bears, Upper Iowa University (UIU) alumnus Dom Hillesheim ('18), and UIU seniors Jack Thode and Joshua Buresh realized they were moving from one extended family into another. Like their experience at UIU's Fayette Campus, the former Peacock baseball teammates found themselves surrounded by caring people who inspire others to achieve their career and lifetime goals.

 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 19, 2019) — 

Not So Scary Halloween Walk for Little Ghosts and Gobblins

Dress up your little ghosts and goblins for our annual Not So Scary Halloween Walk. Bring your flashlights and explore the nooks and crannies of the Sun Garden. Search for spiders, bats, jack-o-lanterns and toads as you wander down the darkened pathways.

The US Navy confirms that three online videos showing two military air-encounters with what it calls "unexplained aerial phenomena," and the rest of us call "unidentified flying objects," are authentic, Popular Mechanics reports. The videos are interesting, and some might find them disturbing. What's more disturbing to me is that the Navy thinks they're none of our business 15, or even four, years later (the incidents occurred in 2004 and 2015).

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — A game-changing opportunity is coming to Central Iowa. The United Soccer League (USL) is eyeing Des Moines as a future home of a professional-level USL Championship club. Kyle Krause, chairman and CEO of Krause Group, and Greg Edwards, president and CEO of Catch Des Moines, hosted USL representatives to make the official announcement at the Krause Gateway Center in downtown Des Moines.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation today for Fremont, Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie counties as a result of renewed flooding along the Missouri River.

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