DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 12 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Aggressive treatment planned for Eurasian watermilfoil found in Clear Lake * Clear Lake - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) treated Clear Lake last week with the approved aquatic herbicide, Sonar A.S. to eliminate Eurasian watermilfoil. Sonar A.S. has successfully eradicated Eurasian watermilfoil from other lakes in Iowa by preventing the plant from producing a pigmen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025: * * * Ernst Calls for Accountability, Major Reform After Sweeping Contract Abuses Exposed at SBA After a potential hundred-million-dollar fraudulent "pass-through" contracting scheme was exposed in a Small Business Administration (SBA) program, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Lake City Veterinary Service RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Lake City Veterinary Service of Calhoun County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Johnson Press for Full Disclosure of Jack Smith Subpoenas BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are pressing Verizon, AT&T and Lumen to elaborate on the full extent of the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Cruz Resolution Demanding That China Release Pastor Ezra Jin and Other Leaders of Zion Church * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and their colleagues issued statements following Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the abduction of Pastor Ezra  more