BETTENDORF, IOWA (July 6, 2020)  Ascentra Credit Union has been named by Forbes Magazine as Iowa’s 2020 Best-In-State Credit Union.

WICHITA, KANSAS (July 7, 2020) Wichita State University has announced the names of more than 3,700 students who were on the WSU dean's honor roll for spring 2020.

To be included on the dean's honor roll, a student must be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

The June 3 premiere of Hamilton on streaming service Disney+ marked the end of a five-year wait for audiences who hadn't seen the hit musical on stage.

WASHINGTON DC (July 2, 2020) Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), co-chairs of the Senate Baltic Caucus, today announced that their bipartisan amendment expressing support for coordinated action to ensure the security of our Baltic allies Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 2, 2020) On Wednesday, July 1, the US Department of Labor awarded Iowa $3,450,000 in grant funds intended to support activities that improve the State's ability to serve, improve, and expand the Registered Apprenticeship Program model.

PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN (July 2, 2020) The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announced its Chancellor's List, honoring those with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the spring 2020 semester.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 2, 2020) Governor Kim Reynolds announced she has directed $490 million of the $1.25 billion in Coronavirus relief funds Iowa was provided through the CARES Act, to be deposited into Iowa's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. The deposit will ensure that eligible Iowans continue to receive unemployment insurance benefits, and will also enable Iowa employers to remain in Tax Table 7 for 2021.

 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (July 2, 2020)  The Black Box Theatre was in rehearsal for the Jeffrey Hatcher adaptation of The Turn of The Screw when Covid-19 shut everything down. As Illinois enters Phase 4 of re-opening, the actors are once again rehearsing and looking forward to performing.

The theatre will open the show on July 16 and close July 19.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (July 2, 2020) Taking on the challenge of improving Iowa’s water-quality is a tall task with all Iowans vested in the results.

WASHINGTON DC (June 2, 2020) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) joined his colleagues Sens Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) in announcing that they will offer the bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to this year’s National Defense Authori

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