DES MOINES, Iowa, June 21 (TNSres) -- Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand issued the following news release: Auditor of State Rob Sand today released a report on a special investigation of the Dexter Public Library for the period July 1, 2015 through March 1, 2022. The special investigation was requested by City officials as a result of concerns regarding certain financial transactions processed by the former Library Director, Mary McColloch. Sand reported the special investigation identified $13,589.  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 21 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa. This is Iowa's 3rd detection of HPAI within poultry in 2024. About HPAI HPAI is a viral disease that affects  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 22 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in two dairy herds in Sioux County, Iowa. To date, the Department has announced ten detections of HPAI within dairy herds in Iowa. About HPAI HPAI is a viral d  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 22 -- The Iowa Economic Development Authority issued the following news on June 21, 2024: Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved an award to a $5 million biomanufacturing project in Boone County. The board also approved Butchery Innovation and Revitalization program awards. Mg Biologics to expand operations in Boone County Mg Biologics, a biopharmaceutical company, manufactures and distributes proprietary animal treatments, including plasma  more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: A group of University of the Ozarks faculty and students are taking part in a coordinated, multi-year research project that is examining the effects of an event that hasn't occurred since Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States. The event is being called the Great Southern Cicada Emergence. The research project is examining the impacts of two broods of periodical cicadas -- brood XIII  more