IOWA CITY, IOWA (September 30, 2021) — The past year brought change, fear, shortages, loss, deaths, masks, social distancing, quarantines, isolation, numbers, protests, political upheavals, derechos, fires, freezes, online schools, Zoom meetings and learning how to live through the superlatives of countless unknowns. However, many Iowans found solace in writing, according to Lyrical Iowa Editor Marilyn Baszczynski.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 29, 2021) — A former Fighting Scot who also coached the Prairie Fire and has children who are a Kohawk and a Ram has written the definitive book on D3 nicknames.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (September 28, 2021) — Meet Iowans who face the daily challenges of living DeafBlind and learn about the technology that assists them in Iowa PBS's new documentary. Living DeafBlind in Iowa premieres Monday, October 18, 8PM, on statewide Iowa PBS, 

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 22, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Valerie Clay as a district court judge in Judicial District 6.

Clay, of Marion, Iowa, currently serves as an assistant county attorney in the Juvenile Division of the Linn County Attorney’s Office. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.