DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 2, 2023) — For the safety of staff and patrons, Davenport Public Library Main will be closed until further notice due to the partial collapse of the apartment building directly across the street. Davenport Public Library Fairmount and Davenport Public Library Eastern will both remain open for normal business hours.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 2, 2023) — State Auditor Rob Sand today responded to Governor Kim Reynolds signing Senate File 478. The bill lets state agencies and the Governor work together to hide documents from the auditor and eliminates checks and balances by killing Iowa courts’ ability to review such decisions.

PELLA, IOWA (June 1, 2023) — Central College students presented at the Iowa Academy of Science Annual Meeting in April on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The presentation, "Using DNA Barcoding to Study the Bee Diversity in Big Rock Park," focuses on identifying the diversity of bees around Big Rock Park in Pella, Iowa.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 1, 2023) – Governor Kim Reynolds and fitness icon Jake (Body by Jake) Steinfeld, Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors' Fitness Councils (NFGFC), have announced the three Iowa schools that were selected to each receive a state-of-the-art $100,000 DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center. The multi-million dollar DON’T QUIT!