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.

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.

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.

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."