JOHNSTON, IOWA (January 9, 2020) — Iowa PBS will present exclusive statewide coverage of the 2020 Iowa State Dance Team Championships on Saturday, January 25, at 7PM. The two-hour program showcases highlights of all the winning routines and busy backstage action. The competition will be rebroadcast Sunday, January 26, at 1PM.

MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA (January 9, 2020) — One hundred seventy-nine students were named to the Fall 2019 (August to December) Dean's List at Marshalltown Community College. To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must have taken 12 or more credit hours during the semester (a full-time class load) and have earned at least a 3.5 grade-point average while attending MCC classes in Marshalltown, at Iowa Valley Community College Grinnell, or online.

On January 8, US president Donald Trump addressed the American public concerning a casualty-free Iranian missile-attack on US bases in Iraq, where just last week Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone-strike.

“Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to prop up a corrupt military dictatorship abroad. This is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to the rebuilding of our own nation. America must be restored to a proper role in the world. But we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves…. together we will call America home to the ideals that nourished us from the beginning.