DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 28 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird released the following statement today applauding a federal court's ruling to uphold Iowa's law banning school mask mandates: "Freedom wins in today's court ruling to uphold Iowa's law banning mask mandates in schools. Parents have the right to choose what healthcare decisions are best for their kids. As Attorney General, I support Iowans'  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the U.S. 8th Circuit ruling in The Arc of Iowa v Reynolds: "While children were the least vulnerable, they paid the highest price for COVID lockdowns and mandates, but Iowa was a different story. "Iowa was the first state to get students back in the classroom and we prohibited mask mandates in schools, trusting parent  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 28 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recommending to finish pruning oak trees immediately to prevent the spread of oak wilt. "Typically, we suggest to stop pruning oaks around March 15," said Tivon Feeley, forest health program leader with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. "But the unseasonably warm February has moved up that date. Pruning oak trees should stop now out   more

AMES, Iowa, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as they examined how the colon, stomach and gallbladder nestle together. "One finger rotates it. Two fingers moves it," she said, describing how to manipulate a 3D digital rendering of a bowel system to see it from an angle wit  more

DECORAH, Iowa, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Luther College issued the following news: Luther College is proud to announce that four students have been selected as 2024-25 semi-finalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. All four students received nominations for English teaching assistantships. The Luther semi-finalists are: * Robert Clower, class of 2023, English Teaching Assistantship in Germany * Linnea Johnson Nordqvist, class of 2024, English Teaching Assistantship in Latvia * Nick Rogne  more