CORALVILLE, IOWA (June 3, 2025) — Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day 2025 was a resounding success across Iowa, with a record-breaking 132 schools participating in events throughout the state. This enthusiastic turnout helped Iowa rank fifth in the nation for per capita participation, outpacing most states and showing the power of community-driven efforts to promote active and accessible alternative transportation, healthier lifestyles, and community building.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (June 3, 2025) — Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences awarded graduate degrees in medicine and health sciences to over 400 new health-care professionals at its 125th Commencement Ceremony on May 30, 2025.

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (June 3, 2025) — Helena Agri-Enterprises is awarding Gavin Sloss of Guthrie Center with the Homegrown® Scholarship worth $1,000 to pursue a higher education. Sloss is a graduate of ACGC High School and is entering Iowa State University to study agricultural studies. Helena’s Homegrown Scholarship is open to graduating high-school seniors from fifteen states who are majoring in an agriculture-related program.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 2, 2025) — The annual bi-state Red, White, and Boom! will be held on July 3, 2025. Family-friendly activities will take place that evening in downtown Davenport and Rock Island. At 9:30PM, fireworks will be shot, in sync to music broadcast on 97X, from two barges in the middle of the Mississippi River.