Join us at Fairmount (3000 Fairmount Street) for a celebration of Earth Day on Saturday April 22 at 2:00pm. There will be crafts and activities as well as a chance to decorate a clay pot which has already planted with a seed and is ready to grow!

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Patrick Leahy today reintroduced legislation to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations. 

AMES – The Iowa Department of Education for the 2016-2017 school year has once again identified Agriculture Education as a teacher shortage area. The Iowa Association of Agriculture Educators (IAAE), as part of a Teach Ag grant program, are focusing efforts to combat this shortage.

AMANA, Iowa- Commemorate and celebrate over a century and a half of German Iowa in the Amana Colonies on Saturday, April 29th.  German Iowa and the Global Midwest is a series of linked events exploring Iowa’s multicultural history through the largest group of European origin to settle in the state.  These events will shine light on present-day issues, including pro- and anti-immigration sentiment, the value and challenges of bilingualism, and issues of multiculturalism.