DES MOINES, IOWA (June 3, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed Iowa State University student Zack Leist to the Iowa Board of Regents, effective today. This appointment is to succeed Rachael Johnson, and the appointment term will last until April 30, 2021.

WASHINGTON DC (June 3, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the House passed the Senate Amendment to HR2157, the Disaster Relief Act, 2019, by a wide, bipartisan vote. This legislation originally passed the Senate on May 23, by a wide, bipartisan vote.

WASHINGTON DC (June 3, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement regarding the House passage of a disaster-aid package. The bill, which recently passed the Senate, includes Sen Grassley’s amendment designed to provide relief to farmers that lost stored-grain in recent floods. It now goes to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 3, 2019) — The Iowa Attorney General’s office has announced that they are opening a review into clergy abuse in their state and are creating a hotline that survivors can use to support. This is a good first step in Iowa.

AUSTIN, TEXAS (June 3, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute is sounding the alarm over so-called “school safety” legislation passed by the Texas legislature that requires schools to form “threat-assessment teams” to identify students who are deemed suicide risks and refer those students to mental-health authorities.

STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN (June 3, 2019) — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored more than 1,975 undergraduate students for attaining high grade-point-averages during the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. Full-time undergraduate students who earned:

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 3, 2019) — The Iowa Attorney General's Office has sent letters to the dioceses of Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, and Sioux City, requesting information on records of clergy sexual-abuse.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 3, 2019) — Due to the record-breaking flood of 2019, the Mississippi Valley Blues Society is announcing the relocation of the 34th Mississippi Valley Blues Festival to Murphy Park at The Bend in East Moline, Illinois.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 3, 2019) — The River Music Experience's Summer Live@Five concert series kicks off this Friday, June 7, featuring Blues Rock-It. Blues Rock-It is a high-energy blues and soul band based out of the Quad Cities.

Almost every Friday in June through September, at 5PM, members of the community can come experience live music that is completely free and for all ages.

CEDARVILLE, OHIO (June 03, 2019) — Cedarville University Elec Engineering major Samuel Ellicott of Cordova, Illinois, has been busy preparing for an upcoming super-mileage competition. Cedarville University's shark-shaped car, Karcharias (which is the Greek word for "shark"), hopes to finish well in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Super-mileage competition June 6-7 in Marshall, Michigan, at the Eaton Corporation Marshall Proving Grounds.

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