DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR announces 2026 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant cycle * Iowa's cities and counties can now apply for funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program, which provides financial support for outdoor recreation projects at the local level. The grant cycle is open Dec. 1, 2025 through March 6, 2026. Created by Congress in 1964 and administered in Iowa by the   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Commercial Turkey Flock in Hamilton County * DES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 2, 2025) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a commercial turk  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * REMINDER: Zach Nunn Responsible For Skyrocketing Health Care Costs * It's a day that ends in "y," so here's your reminder that Zach Nunn has spent all of 2025 attacking Iowans' health care and doing nothing to get costs down. He voted to kick more than one hundred thousand Iowans off their health insurance, rip funding away from Iowa rural hospitals, and give tax cuts to billionai  more