10 Feb 2020

Iowa High School Seniors Sought for National Youth Science Camp

By Craig Johnson

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA (February 10, 2020) — Applications are now being accepted from Iowa high school seniors in the class of 2020 to represent Iowa at the 2020 National Youth Science Camp (NYSCamp) in Davis, West Virginia. Two students from each state, Washington DC and 8 countries will attend the all-expenses-paid program which is held from June 22 through July 15, 2020. The Iowa Academy of Science works with the Iowa Governor's Office to advertise and select Iowa's delegates. 

10 Feb 2020

Remembering DeBow Freed, 1925-2020

By Duane Bonifer

 

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 10, 2020) — DeBow Freed, the ninth president of Monmouth College, who successfully guided the institution through challenging economic times in the 1970s, died Feb. 8, 2020, at his home in Ada, Ohio. He was 94.

10 Feb 2020

Rep Dave Loebsack Statement on President Trump’s FY2021 Budget

By Joe Hand

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — Representative Dave Loebsack issued the following statement today after President Trump released his budget for Fiscal Year 2021.

10 Feb 2020

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley on the Retirement of Evelyn Birkby

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley on the retirement of Evelyn Birkby:

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Today, I’d like to pay tribute to a remarkable Iowan. She’s one of the longest-serving newspaper columnists in America.

She has an uncommon work ethic, having never missed a deadline in seventy years.

Her weekly commentary in the Shenandoah Valley News blanketed her close-knit community in Southwest Iowa for seven decades.

10 Feb 2020

Holiday Closing — President’s Day

By Samantha Torres

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 10, 2020) — City of Davenport will observe President’s Day as a holiday on Monday, February 17, 2020.

All City of Davenport offices and the Public Works Center will be closed.

Police Department front desk and records office will be closed.

Library Main, Fairmount and Eastern branches will be closed.

River’s Edge facility will be open.

Vander Veer Conservatory will be closed.

10 Feb 2020

5,700-Plus Huskers Named to Fall Deans' List

By Sean Hagewood

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (February 10, 2020) — More than 5,700 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year.

10 Feb 2020

Announcing the Emerge Iowa DAWN Award Honorees

By Leslie Behaunek

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 10, 2020) — Emerge Iowa, the state’s premier organization that recruits, trains, and provides a powerful network to Democratic women who want to run for office, will host the Emerge Iowa DAWN Awards on Sunday, 2-5PM, March 8, 2020, at the Holiday Inn Downtown Mercy Campus in Des Moines.

10 Feb 2020

Fall 2019 University of Dubuque Dean's List

By Stacey Ortman

DUBUQUE, IOWA (February 10, 2020) — The University of Dubuque congratulates the following students on being appointed to the Fall Semester 2019 Academic Dean's List. To be named to the dean's list, a student must earn a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester.

10 Feb 2020

President’s Budget Mixes Real Proposals and Fantasy Assumptions

By Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — President Trump released his budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, outlining his tax and spending agenda over the next decade. Under the budget’s own estimates, debt would fall from 81 percent of the economy in 2020 to 66 percent by 2030 assuming the enactment of the President’s policies.

10 Feb 2020

Drake University Fall Honors List

By Jarad Bernstein

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 10, 2020) — The following local students have been named to the Deans' and President's Lists at Drake University. To be eligible for the Deans' List, students must have earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the Fall 2019 semester at Drake. To be eligible for the President's List, students must have earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during the Fall 2019 semester at Drake.

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