DES MOINES, IOWA (May 5, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds today announced a total of nearly $20 million in investments to support downtown housing projects in 61 communities, which will create 466 new homes for Iowans. Awards were made through the Downtown Housing Grant program, which provides support for downtown revitalization through new housing opportunities in communities with populations of 30,000 or below.

LOGAN, UTAH (May 5, 2022) — Utah State University will recognize 6,588 candidates for graduation during its Spring 2022 Commencement celebration. The graduates are from USU's statewide campuses across the state of Utah, as well as USU Online, earning degrees and certificates during the summer 2021, fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters.

The following local students are set to earn degrees:

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI (May 5, 2022) — The following students have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2021 semester at Washington University in St Louis:

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IOWA CITY, IOWA (05/04/2022) — Seventeen University of Iowa students and alumni were chosen from about 10,000 Fulbright Award applicants nationwide to serve as representatives of the US State Department to teach English abroad and to undertake public health research and creative-writing projects in sixteen countries during the 2022-23 academic year.