DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * The Friends of Cedar Rock awarded REAP/HRDP grant for restoration project * INDEPENDENCE - The Friends of Cedar Rock have been selected as a recipient of an Iowa Historical Resource Development Program (HRDP) grant for Fiscal Year 2026. The grant, totaling $50,000, was awarded for masonry work and wall restoration at the historic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house at Cedar Rock Stat  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Getting Along with Your Fuzzy and Feathery Neighbors * I love watching the bats fly down the street and around our trees in the evening. What I didn't love, however, is hearing them in our ceilings and flying through our house. So, once the time was right (the pups were able to fly), I took action and used a one-way exclusion to make sure all the bats left, and then followed up by   more

DECORAH, Iowa, Sept. 22 -- Luther College posted the following news: * * * Luther College and Vesterheim announce schedule for Decorah visit by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway * # Luther College and Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, are announcing a visit to Decorah on Monday, Oct. 6, by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in honor of the 200th anniversary of the first organized Norwegian emigration to the United States. The public  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * McCoy Wildlife Area has large impact on conservation * Sandwiched between Ledges State Park and the Saylorville Wildlife Area in Boone County, the 562-acre McCoy Wildlife Area is often either overlooked or mistaken for being part of the popular state park. Drawing many of its visitors from Ledges who experience McCoy by walking its nearly mile-long maintenance lane past hayfields  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Remnant prairie returning to hills of Lake Rathbun * South Fork Wildlife Area is roughly 6-7,000 acres of grassland, mature timber, early successional habitat and wetlands and restored wetlands - and - as it turns out - a small remnant prairie, on the south side of Lake Rathbun. The remnant prairie was found on a remote part of the public area, but access was difficult, so the di  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Welcomes Grant Applications for Urban Water Quality Projects * # Cost-share grants leverage significant local public and private investments # to improve water quality as part of Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 23, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Ste  more

DECORAH, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- Luther College posted the following news: * * * Seed Savers Exchange gains insights into trends, thanks to Luther College research team * # Seed Savers Exchange managers are using an interactive sales data dashboard to analyze online orders by product, variety, customer and region, thanks to a summer research project conducted at Luther College. Luther College professor Phil Iversen and Luther students Linh Nguyen and Armel Asopjio answer questions from Seed S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The IA-02 Republican Primary Is Getting More Crowded By the Minute * If two is company and three's a crowd, then what is the Iowa 2nd congressional district Republican primary? Whatever you want to call it, it's getting more crowded by the minute with yet another out-of-touch candidate jumping in the race. Shannon Lundgren joins a primary field including but not limited to cor  more