WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (August 17, 2026) — Hy-Vee hasannounced that all of its stores across the region will host a Back-to-School Community Food Drive from Saturday, August 15, through Sunday, August 23, 2026, aimed at providing direct food assistance to local communities as families prepare for the new school year.This initiative comes as hunger reaches critical levels in many of the communities Hy-Vee serves, with approximately one in five children across the nation facing food insecurity.

Robin Ottenad Galloway ('90), who has served in an executive finance role at a number of food-based industries, speaks to Monmouth College students after delivering last year's Wiswell-Robeson Lecture, part of a speaker series with an agribusiness focus

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND (August 13, 2026) — As the cost of raising a child continues to be a major concern, a new survey in Iowa and its most competitive congressional districts – the first, second, and third — reveal extensive bipartisan common ground in support of wide-ranging federal assistance for families.

Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans in all competitive states and districts surveyed favor:

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 13, 2026) — The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small-business-advocacy organization, released the following statement in support of the US Department of Treasury’s