BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 11 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN's storied coverage of the 2023-24 women's college basketball season concluded Sunday, following the championship tilt between top seeds South Carolina and Iowa which capped a campaign for the record books. Sunday's clash scored an impressive 18.9 million viewers, becoming the most-watched women's college basketball game ever. The heavyweight bout was also ESPN platforms' most-viewed college b  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced $900,000 in competitive grants to help more Iowa children and teens access nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. The grants will support school districts and other qualified organizations to serve additional communities through expanding participation in two existing federally funded summer chil  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement, applauding Governor Kim Reynolds for signing a Texas-style immigration law that increases penalties for illegal reentry: "Biden's border crisis makes every American less safe. With drug cartels operating on both sides of the border, suspected terrorists flooding into our country, and human traffick  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to pull the plug on Biden's electric vehicle handout and defend ethanol. In Biden's most recent attack in the war on gas vehicles, he is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six-times. Biden's illegal boost to electric vehicles hurts car owners, car manufactu  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on April 10, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting applications for water quality implementation and demonstration projects. Selected projects will help deliver outreach and technical assistance to farmers and landowners to advance the implementation of conservation practices proven to prote  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law: SF 2340: A bill for an act relating to illegal reentry into the state by certain aliens, prohibition on arrest in certain locations, orders to return to a foreign nation, immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, sentencing restrictions, and providing penalties. Gov. Reynolds released the foll  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced $900,000 in competitive grants to help more Iowa children and teens access nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. The grants will support school districts and other qualified organizations to serve additional communities through expanding participation in two existing federally funded summer child nutr  more

AMES, Iowa, April 11 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: By Dave Roepke, News Service Mike Paustian raises hogs in eastern Iowa, where his family has farmed for six generations. At their home farm, tucked behind the Iowa 80 truck stop west of the Quad Cities, his parents still live in the house his great, great, great grandfather built. Paustian Enterprises remains a family-run farrow-to-finish operation. Pigs are bred, born and fed to market weight on corn they grow a  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- George Washington University issued the following news: For the first time, more people tuned in to watch the women's NCAA Division 1 finals than the men's championship game, with 18.9 million viewers tuning in for the South Carolina-Iowa game compared to 14.8 million viewers for the men's final. According to CBS News, the South Carolina-Iowa game on Sunday was the second most-watched non-Olympic women's sporting event ever on U.S. television behind the 2015 Women's Worl  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 11 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Patient safety is one of the most critical aspects in nursing, with many factors playing a role in preventing harm and reducing risks. Those factors are the topic of this year's South Dakota State University College of Nursing Dean's Distinguished Lecture. Patricia Groves, an associate professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Iowa, will present her lecture "Hospital Safety Communicatio  more

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, April 11 -- The University of Northern Iowa issued the following news release: U.S. News & World Report has once again ranked the University of Northern Iowa among its list of 2024 Best Graduate Schools. Designed for prospective students looking to further their education beyond an undergraduate degree, the Best Graduate Schools rankings evaluate programs in a variety of disciplines, including business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing. UNI's honored progra  more