DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR hosting online Organic Waste Management stakeholder event * DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Financial and Business Assistance Section is hosting an Iowa Organic Waste Management stakeholder event. The meeting will take place online on Monday, October 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The purpose of this event is to review the results of a nearly five-year  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Fall Colors Starting to Pop! * River valleys are showing more fall color in northeast Iowa. Sugar maple trees are starting to turn orange and red. Still spotty coloring for maple trees in north central and northwest Iowa. Sumac, dogwood, and Virginia creeper are turning red. Fall color is still spotty in central Iowa with only 15-20 percent of the foliage showing color. Scattered   more

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 17 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * ISU students design custom adaptive fashions for children with brain-based disabilities Designing a dress fit - and functional - for a princess. * As soon as Adeline Heilman, an Iowa State apparel merchandising and design student from Correctionville, learned about the needs and tulle-wrapped dreams of Cielo, a 10-year-old girl who uses a motorized wheelchair for mobility and an abdominal tube for nutritio  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 16 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Marcel Cornis-Pop, a leader in VCU humanities education, dies at 79 * By Sian Wilkerson Marcel Cornis-Pop, the author, literary critic, theorist and educator whose ingenuity propelled interdisciplinary humanities education at Virginia Commonwealth University, died Sept. 23 at age 79. When Cornis-Pop, Ph.D., arrived at VCU in 1988, his career in academia was already marked by excellence despi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks and Nunn Silent As Trump Screws Iowa Soybean Farmers While Bailing Out Argentina * Iowa Farmers Union: "Our farmers are angry" Donald Trump, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, and Zach Nunn's reckless tariffs are worsening the crisis facing Iowa soybean farmers - devastating soybeans sales, farmers' profits, and markets available to American farmers. Instead, Argentina has  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Plan your fall fishing trips with DNR's new interactive fishing report * Iowa DNR's popular fishing report has been updated with new search and filter options including by location, fish species and various amenities available at each location. The weekly fishing report is broken down by fisheries regions and management districts - Mississippi River, northeast, northwest, southeas  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Announces Eight Additional Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Projects * # Projects restore the land while improving water quality and soil health DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 16, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is beginning construction on eight additional abandoned mine land  more