DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 1, 2019) — Individuals looking to volunteer with flood assistance should call Scott County Emergency Management Agency at 563-484-3086. Your skills will be matched with current locations needing assistance. Upon arrival at the volunteer site, you should anticipate having to sign in and provide your name. This is required in case the event qualifies for potential Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement in the future.

DES MOINES, IA (May 1, 2019) — If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation believes a volunteer photograph must be worth a thousand hours! The Blue Ribbon Foundation has our camera ready for a volunteer photoshoot this summer during the Iowa State Fair. We need your help in finding Iowans from across the state that go above and beyond to make their communities a picture-perfect place to live.

The headline on Hans Bader's piece at the Foundation for Economic Education is true as far as it goes: "Lifting the Ban on Kidney Sales Would Save 30,000 American Lives Annually." Bader draws on an earlier essay by Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy, who in turn riffs on findings published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

CLINTON, IOWA (April 26, 2019) — The Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center, "Clinton, Iowa's Children's Museum," is having a very busy May with many activities and events. Make May flowers for WOW Wednesday. Then, get into spring planting flowers on Funtime Friday. Each of these programs is free with regular museum admission or membership.