DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 18, 2020) Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in November, a slight drop from the October revised rate of 3.7 percent. The state’s jobless rate was 2.8 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent in November.

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI (December 17, 2020) Elizabeth Ann Howard, of Muscatine, Iowa, was recently named to the University of Mississippi's Fall 2020 Honor Roll lists.

Howard was named to the Chancellor's Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (December 17, 2020) More than 80 University of Iowa student-athletes to have been named to the 2020 Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from Iowa's men's cross country (5), women's cross country (15), field hockey (11), football (26), women's soccer (19), and volleyball (10) teams and four student-athletes who had perfect grade-point averages:

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (December 17, 2020) — The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) opened registration for the 2021 Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit Webinar Series and unveiled participation by nationally-renowned experts, such as USDA Chief Economist Dr Rob Johansson and the incoming USDA Chief Economist Dr Seth Meyer, who will respectively be current in their roles at USDA when they speak during their scheduled sessions. These experts, along with several others, will

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 17, 2020) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is leading a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys-general in suing Google LLC for anticompetitive conduct in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (December 17, 2020) — United Ways of Iowa partnered with researchiQ at The University of Northern Iowa to commission a survey about the financial impacts of COVID-19 on Iowa households. The three main concerns reported by respondents were a second wave of virus activity and closures, a household member contracting COVID-19, and mental-health issues.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 17, 2020) The number of initial unemployment claims in Iowa, filed between Sunday, December 6, and Saturday, December 12, was 6,949, a decrease of 3,163 from last week’s adjusted numbers.

WAVERLY, IOWA (December 16, 2020) Wartburg College has recognized 517 students who were named to the 2020 Fall Term Dean's List.

Those earning this honor are:

Jackson Bevans of Davenport.

Rachel Green of DeWitt.

Leia Hagerman of Davenport.

Kendall Hileman of Port Byron.

Elizabeth Koehler of Bettendorf.

Nathan Link of Eldridge.

Easton Necker of De Witt.

Georgia Nissen of Eldridge.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 16, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds signed a new Public Health Disaster proclamation that modifies existing public-health measures designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The proclamation requires social-distancing and reasonable public-health measures for many social, community, business, or leisure gatherings or events.

LINN, MISSOURI (December 16, 2020) State Technical College of Missouri would like to congratulate students who achieved the Honor Roll during the 2020 fall semester.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME

Silvis, ILBenjamin Larrison

Visit www.statetechmo.edu to learn more.

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