DES MOINES, IOWA (April 6, 2023) — The National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) has opened the application period for the annual Lieutenant Governors’ STEM Scholarship Program, sponsored by ACT, to award up to $1,000 to twelve schools nationally to support STEM-related activities for youth. Applications will be accepted until May 1, 2023, with award recipients announced and funded in Summer 2023.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 6, 2023) – Volunteers with the American Red Cross Disaster Action Team responded to five home fires in the past week and in Moline, Astoria, Creve Coeur, Galesburg, Philadelphia, and Bettendorf.

Red Cross volunteers helped thirty people with temporary housing, meals, health services, disaster mental-health services, financial assistance, and information about recovery planning.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 6, 2023) — Join the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the World Food Prize Foundation on Tuesday, April 11, for a conversation with World Food Prize Foundation President Ambassador Terry Branstad about his experience leading Iowa through the Farm Crisis of the 1980s.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 5, 2023) — St Ambrose University (SAU) is one of only 149 universities and colleges around the world to be honored by Exercise is Medicine® for its efforts to create a culture of wellness on campus. Faculty and staff health-coaching programs, walking groups, educational seminars, and plogging initiatives helped SAU’s chapter earn silver-level designation from the Exercise is Medicine® On Campus (EIM-OC) program.