(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Chuck Gipp presented 81 Iowa farm families with the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award during a ceremony Aug. 16 at the Iowa State Fair.

City Circle Acting Company of Coralville will present its biennial New Play Festival on September 16 at 7:30 pm at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.

(Washington, DC, August 30, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today expressed his strong support for President Trump’s tax reform agenda as a great benefit to the American agriculture community. Perdue issued the following statement:

Portrayals of Luther: 500 Years of Struggle to Get It Right
Saturday, Sept. 9 @ 2pm
 
Presentation on Luther by Dr. Derek Nelson
Sat. September 9, Craft Activity @ 1pm
Friday, Sept. 8 @ 5pm
The Outing Club, Davenport
Tickets: $55

Governor touts education transformation during tour of Illinois schools

In a tour of Illinois schools today, Gov. Bruce Rauner spoke to students about their future while highlighting how historic education funding reform in Illinois ensures equitable funding for public schools, better school choice for families and property tax relief for taxpayers.

Des Moines, IA – Volunteer Iowa announced today that it has received a Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) grant of $192,023 from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps and the nation’s volunteer initiatives. This funding will allow Volunteer Iowa to better support local organizations in recruiting, managing, and retaining volunteers to address some of Iowa's most pressing challenges.

DAVENPORT, IA – On August 30, 2017, Eugene Williams, Jr., 22, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 70 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Williams will serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment. The firearm involved in the offense was forfeited.

DES MOINES, IA – Today, in the wake of endorsements from numerous current and former Iowa Legislators and former Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson, Mike Matson - former Gubernatorial hopeful and current Davenport Alderman - announced his endorsement of Fred Hubbell.

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