DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — 1000 Friends of Iowa announced today the release of the Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment (VRUSA) Comparison Report. Created through a collaborative effort by Midwest non-profits within the RE-AMP network, this report examines how state departments of transportation are improving their efforts to ensure the safety of people who walk, bike, and roll on our streets. The findings aim to drive meaningful change and safer road conditions for all.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (January 29, 2025) — More than fifty families are able to make ends meet, spend more time with their children, and pursue their goals as a result of receiving $500 in unrestricted cash a month from the UpTogether Illinois Community Fund. The one-year initiative, started in September 2024, highlights the power of direct cash investments in helping families achieve economic stability and well-being.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading 23 states in a brief supporting Iowa pork producers against California’s strict-hog-housing regulations.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — Coe College is pleased to announce physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur and investor Daniel Kraft MD as the 2025 K Raymond Clark Contemporary Issues Forum speaker. Kraft will be on Coe's campus Tuesday, February 18, 7:30PM, and his speaking engagement in Sinclair Auditorium is open to the public.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), a national leader in supportive housing, today announced that seven teams will participate in Iowa’s inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute. The Institute is a six-month training series that will focus on developing strategic and income-targeted affordable housing with support services for those Iowans with the highest needs who are also experiencing homelessness.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 29, 2025) — The Quad City Storm and UnityPoint Health Trinity are excited to host the sixth-annual Hockey Fights Cancer Ice Painting Monday, February 3, 2025, at Vibrant Arena at The MARK.

Quad Citizens are invited to come to the arena and paint the names of loved ones who are currently battling or have battled cancer on the ice. The names painted on the ice will remain on display for all three Storm home games February 6, 7, and 8.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences welcomes Ryan Radloff as the new Wellness Center Director. With over fourteen years of professional experience in health, wellness, and fitness, Radloff brings a wealth of expertise and a vision for fostering health and well-being within the DMU community. This appointment comes after the retirement of Joy Schiller, who was the Wellness Center Director for 35 years.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — Argrow’s House Café and Gift Shop will host a ribbon-cutting to celebrate their expansion on Thursday, January 30, 4-5PM. They are located at 3811 Harrison Street, Suite 100, in Davenport, Iowa.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 29, 2025) — Junior Sylvestre is one step away from becoming a United States citizen.

The popular Monmouth College senior recently passed a citizenship test in Des Moines, Iowa. All that awaits is the official swearing-in ceremony.

"I drove three hours [one-way] to take a fifteen-minute test," he said of traveling to Iowa's capital city. "I find out in the next thirty days where I'll go for the actual citizenship ceremony."

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds introduced the Unemployment Insurance Reform Bill to the Iowa House and Senate.

Gov Reynolds proposes lowering the maximum tax rate to the lowest allowed by federal law (5.4%), cutting the taxable wage base by half, and simplifying the unemployment insurance system by reducing the number of tax tables.

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