DES MOINES, IOWA (March 26, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster-proclamation today in response to flooding and flash-flooding beginning March 13 and continuing.

The governor's proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather and activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program for qualifying residents, along with the Disaster Case Management Program, for Carroll County.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 26, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds, in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Transportation, is pleased to announce an initiative new to Iowa designed to help teen drivers and their parents more safely navigate the early years of driving.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 26, 2019) — More than 1,700 current University of Iowa students collaborated to raise almost $3 million in financial support for the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital as participants in the 25th annual UI Dance Marathon.

During the February 1-2 event at the Iowa Memorial Union, student participants unveiled the total of $2,960,403.25, which supports pediatric-oncology patients and their families at the hospital and advances cancer research.

MUSCATINE, IOWA (March 26, 2019) — Beginning in March 2019, Gilda’s Club Quad Cities launched an 8-Week Mind, Body, Spirit Challenge to help people diagnosed with cancer, including those undergoing treatment and caregivers, to improve quality of life by better managing the stress of diagnosis and treatment.