DECORAH, Iowa, June 16 -- Luther College posted the following news: * * * Four Luther alumni receive international English teaching assistant awards * Four Luther College graduates were awarded English teaching assistantships in Europe for the 2025-26 academic year. Kellen DeKok, Lydia Gruenwald, Alexia Murano and Cassandra Norton were selected to be teaching assistants by three different organizations with similar missions. Teaching assistants act as cultural ambassadors and promote mutua  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 17 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Iowa's Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions * More than 280 athletes from 36 Iowa teams competed in the 2025 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships, that was held June 12-14 at Highland Hideaway, near Riverside. The course was set by Dave Miller, of Miller Shooting Sports, LLC in Missouri. Dylan Uitermarkt of Pella C  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 17 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Long hidden and rare, remnant prairie re-emerges after project removes unwanted invasives * Some of Iowa's lesser known native prairie plants have returned to the hills overlooking Rock Creek Lake this spring, after a project last November knocked back invasive species plant species such as honeysuckle and autumn olive that had thickly spread onto the area. Standing on this patch   more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, June 18 -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * Unraveling the mystery of gravity waves A monthlong field campaign led by a University of Miami scientist and others helped shed new light on convective gravity waves that affect global circulation patterns and influence weather and climate. By Robert C. Jones Jr. The menacing band of thunderstorms that stretched across the Tennessee Valley was quickly heading south. From a makeshift operations center  more