08 Jan 2025

Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Over $134 Million in Long-Term Assistance to Iowa Communities Impacted by Disasters

By US Department of Housing and Urban Development Press Office

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for communities across 24 states and territories.

08 Jan 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Proclamation for Ease of Transportation of Fuel for Heating

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — On Tuesday, January 7, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a proclamation to ease restrictions on transportation of heating and motor fuels.

08 Jan 2025

New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) Defeats Illegal Investigation by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

By Trevor Schakohl

WASHINGTON DC (January 7, 2025) — The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a stipulated dismissal without prejudice of its pseudonymous client John Doe Corporation’s federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the unconstitutional investigative processes of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

08 Jan 2025

Be an Athlete at the 2025 Winter Iowa Games

By Cory Kennedy

AMES, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — Don’t miss the 2025 Winter Iowa Games presented by Grinnell Mutual. This year marks the 34th year of the annual winter sports festival. Sports and events are available for athletes of all ages and abilities.

The 2025 Winter Iowa Games will hold competitions in sixteen sports in Dubuque, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and eight other Iowa communities throughout the next three months.

ALPINE SKI RACING

08 Jan 2025

Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) Nominations Open for Pledge of the Computing Professional and Order of the Engineer

By Quad City Engineering and Science Council

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — The Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) would like to invite Engineers and Computing Professionals to pledge their commitments to their professions by taking part in a Pledging Ceremony for their profession. The Pledging Ceremonies will be held prior to the 2025 QCESC STEM Celebration on February 20, 2025, at The Bend Center in East Moline. Check out our webpage which will be updated soon.

08 Jan 2025

ONSHORE Act to Provide Better Opportunities for Shovel-Ready Sites

By Jennifer Walker

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — On December 18, 2024, the Senate passed legislation including authorization for the ONSHORE Act (Opportunities for Non-developed Sites to Have Opportunities to be Rehabilitated for Economic Development). The bill establishes the Critical Supply Chain Site Development program, which, once funded, will provide competitive grants to communities like the Quad Cities to invest in new shovel-ready sites.

08 Jan 2025

Iowa Credit Union Industry Celebrates 100 Years of Impact

By Jessica Maldonado

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — With legislation signed by Iowa Governor John Hammill in 1925, establishing the Iowa Credit Union Act, the industry is celebrating 100 years of impact in 2025. The founding of these member-owned, financial cooperatives introduced a new era that would transform the financial landscape of the state.

08 Jan 2025

Des Moines University (DMU) Expands Partnership with Drake Offering More Access to Medical Education in Iowa

By Denise Lamphier

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences and Drake University have expanded their partnership to offer more students in the Des Moines metro access to medical and health sciences education. Previously, the partnership included opportunities to earn credits toward concurrent degrees.

08 Jan 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

By Madelyn Bremer

LENEXA, KANSAS (January 8, 2025) — Each January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to raise awareness of radon exposure during 

08 Jan 2025

Olympic Cyclist Nelson Vails, Doctor Richard Deming, and Iowa Ag Brenna Bird to Headline Iowa Bicycle Coalition Banquet

By Luke Hoffman

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 8, 2025) — The Iowa Bicycle Coalition is hosting this year’s BIke Banquet on January 25 at the Iowa Events Center. The event will celebrate the power of cycling and highlight Iowa’s robust cycling community. Olympic cyclist Nelson Vails, the first African American to win an Olympic medal in the sport, will be joining the coalition as the event’s keynote speaker.

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