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 PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Exposes Exact Cost of Schumer Shutdown * WASHINGTON - As the Schumer Shutdown puts taxpayers on the hook to pay bureaucrats approximately $4.8 billion not to work, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing new legislation to expose the exact cost of the Schumer Shutdown. The Congressional Budget Office revealed to Ernst that it costs taxpayers $400 million per workday to pay 750,000 "non-es more PR

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 PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at an executive business meeting on Oct. 16, 2025: * * * Grassley Opens Executive Business Meeting, Calls on Democrat Colleagues to Reopen the Government On today's agenda we have six nominations listed. We'll vote on Thomas Albus and Adam Mildred to be U.S. Attorneys. Both nominees are highly qualified and I look forward to supporting them. We'll hold more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Nunn Joins Speaker Johnson and House Leadership, Slams Democrat Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) joined Speaker Johnson, House Leadership, and House Main Street Caucus Leadership to highlight the impact of the ongoing government shutdown on members of the U.S. Armed Forces and call on Senate Democrats to pass the clean continuing resolution the House of Representative more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Two U.S. Attorney Nominees * WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Thomas Albus, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, by a vote of 12-10; and * Adam Mildred, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana by a vote of 12-10. Watch the executive business meeting  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2025: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Two U.S. Attorney Nominees The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Thomas Albus, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, by a vote of 12-10; and * Adam Mildred, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana by a vote of 12-10 more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Hosts Telephone Town Hall with Over 10,000 Iowans * Washington, D.C. \- Last night, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) hosted her third telephone town hall of the 119th Congress, where she was joined (link is external) by 10,700 Iowans for a wide-ranging discussion on the ongoing Democrat Government Shutdown. "I'm always grateful for the opportunity to hear direct more PR

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 PR

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 PR