WASHINGTON DC (January 21, 2020) — As part of ongoing efforts to address conflicts between double-crested cormorants and wild and stocked fisheries, the Department of the Interior’s US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) and soliciting public input on future management options.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 21, 2020) — Instructors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Regions V and VII will be conducting a training class for flood-plain-management certification in the Quad City region January 28-31, 2020, 8:30AM-5PM, at Western Illinois University/Quad Cities Campus. The course, “Managing Flood-Plain Development Through the NFIP,” is being presented at no charge to registered participants.

CANTON, MISSOURI (January 21, 2020) — Culver-Stockton College recently recognized 150 students on its president's list for academic achievement during the fall 2019 semester. Megan Erickson of Port Byron, Illinois, was named to the list. Erickson is majoring in Legal Studies.

Students on the president's list have earned a 4.0 grade-point average and were enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours with no grade lower than a C.

DeKALB, ILLINOIS (January 21, 2020) — Northern Illinois University announces its fall 2019 Dean's List students. To earn this distinction, students must meet a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a minimum of 3.75 on a 4.0 scale in the colleges of Business, Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts.