DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 28 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Air Quality Client Contact Meeting on 11/19: Opportunity to Submit Agenda Items * The DNR's Air Quality Bureau is accepting agenda topics for the upcoming Air Quality Client Contact Meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. More details will be provided when the final agenda is announced, approx  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * Energy Department Closes $5.1 Billion Loan to Lower Electricity Costs and Strengthen Grid Reliability in Iowa and Wisconsin October 28, 2026 WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) today announced the financial close of a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to lower electricity costs, expand firm power generation, and strengthen grid relia  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 28 -- The University of Iowa International Programs posted the following news: * * * Global Student Award recipient Eddie Etsey builds a 'global classroom' between Iowa and Ghana * Eddie Etsey, a doctoral student in educational policy and leadership studies in the University of Iowa College of Education from Lolito, Ghana, is a 2026 Global Student Award recipient. Through his research, nonprofit work, and mentoring, Etsey shows how international education can become som  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 28 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Commercial Turkey Flock in Sac County * DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 28, 2026) - 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 turkey   more

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 28 -- Iowa State University College of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Mentor, cyber security program pioneer Julie Rursch: 'I always want to make my corner of Iowa State better' * Julie Rursch, teaching professor in electrical and computer engineering, started at Iowa State University in August 2012. "I have been chief architect and developer of the three undergraduate courses in the cyber security engineering major and minor. The hallmark of the bachelor's de  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: * * * STATEMENT: Trump Makes Yet Another Trip to Iowa as Republicans' Health Care Record Comes Back to Haunt Them Before the Midterms October 28, 2026 Washington D.C. -- Just days after Protect Our Care's "Sick of it! Fix Health Care Now" bus tour rolled through Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Des Moines, Donald Trump is headed to Dubuque, Iowa for a last-ditch rally just two days before Election Day. Trump may be back to make h  more