SCRANTON, Iowa, April 6 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on April 5, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Eason Family of Greene County today during a ceremony at their family farm near Scranton. Designated in 2021 as a Heritage Farm, which means it's been in the same family for 150 years, Eason Feedlot is a seventh-generation family farm owned and operated by the Eason Family. Today, the family f  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 6 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Justin Wyatt as a district judge in Judicial District 4. Wyatt, of Glenwood, Iowa, is a District Associate Judge in the Fouth Judicial District of Iowa. He received his undergraduate degree and his law degree from Creighton University. Wyatt fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Kathleen Kilnoski. Judicial Dis  more

AMES, Iowa, April 6 -- The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) will meet Friday, April 12, 2024, at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, 350 East Third Street, in Dubuque. * * * Table: Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission Agenda * * * Note: The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission Inc., a 501 (c) (4) tax-exempt fundraising organization, will meet at this loca  more

AMES, Iowa, April 6 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Will artificial intelligence render the human mind irrelevant? Acclaimed scientist and author Steven Pinker will answer that question when he presents the 2024 Goldtrap Lecture at Iowa State University at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 12, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. The presentation, titled "Natural And Artificial Intelligence: How Rational are Humans?," is free and open to the public and will include a ques  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 5 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place March 20, 2024, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work District One -- Northeast Doniphan - 7-22 KA-5722-01 - K-7, bridge #016 over Mill Creek located 12.45 miles northwest   more

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, April 6 -- The University of Northern Iowa issued the following news release: A director of school mental health in Minneapolis and a renowned children's author and illustrator are the featured speakers for the third Social and Emotional Learning Conference at the University of Northern Iowa on April 19. Social and emotional learning (SEL) encompasses a "whole person" outlook as part of learning in the classroom. It entails competencies in self-awareness, self-management, so  more

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, April 6 -- The University of Northern Iowa issued the following news release: This April, future teachers will explore STEM in the elementary class setting at the Elementary STEM Expo for Emerging Pre-K-6 Educators, sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa College of Education. The conference - for students in teacher preparation programs across Iowa - will be held on April 13 at the Schindler Education Center at UNI and on April 27 at the Urban Campus of Des Moines Are  more