JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center director of the A9 Studies, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned Directorate has a unique perspective on the Air Force few others can match. Leaving her hometown of Westside, Iowa, for the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1996 and graduating in 2000, Jadee Purdy served a decade on active duty before  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Lyon County man who defrauded pork producers while working as the regional manager of an Iowa livestock dealer, "Lynch Livestock," was sentenced on June 24, 2024, to six months in federal prison. Robert Harry Bickerstaff, age 52, from Rock Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 1, 2023, guilty plea to one count of wire fraud. At plea and sentenci  more

AMES, Iowa, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory issued the following news release: New findings about chitinases, enzymes found naturally in plants, could allow farmers to address fungal infections sooner and more efficiently. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory investigated chitinases from corn and rice to better understand their roles in indicating if a plant is under stress and combating fungal attacks. Their findings   more