DES MOINES, IOWA (January 31, 2019) — Elise Matson of Muscatine, Iowa, has been named to the President's List for the fall 2018 semester at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. To qualify for this academic recognition, students must attain a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.75 in their most recent semester, for a minimum of six credit hours.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 31, 2019) — Gov Kim Reynolds has appointed Anderson Sainci to the Governor’s Northeast Regional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Advisory Board, effective January 23, 2019.

Sainci is on the Dubuque Community School Board and will serve as the school board member on the Northeast Regional STEM Advisory Board.

WASHINGTON DC (January 31, 2019) — US Representative Dave Loebsack announced today that he will be holding roundtables in DeWitt and Eldridge to discuss the recently passed farm bill, his efforts to expand broadband access in rural communities and other issues facing rural Iowans. Throughout his Investing in Rural Iowa Tour, Loebsack will meet with farmers and other leaders in the rural community to discuss the issues important to farmers and rural Iowans.

WASHINGTON DC (January 31, 2019) — On January 31, 2016, the night of her graduation, Sarah Root, a twenty-one year-old Iowan from Council Bluffs, was struck and killed in Omaha, Nebraska, by Edwin Mejia, who entered the country illegally and was driving drunk — three times over the legal limit.