WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Enviros Call For Strengthened IA Drinking Water Quality Standards * Public comments will be reviewed by the state after October 20 Des Moines - The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC), the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC), and Food & Water Watch, along with six other conservation and environmental organizations, have submitted comments to the Iowa Department of Natural Resource more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, By the Hearth Bookshop & Coffeehouse * 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: By the Hearth Bookshop & Coffeehouse of Davis County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "Since opening in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, By the Hearth Bookshop & Coffeehouse Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * Feenstra and Iowa Delegation Demand Schumer End Democrat Shutdown * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) joined his Iowa colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urging immediate passage of the clean Continuing Resolution (CR) that House Republicans passed in September. "In September, Re more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Iowa Delegation Urges Senate to End Shutdown and Pass Bipartisan Bill to Reopen the Government * IOWA \- Today, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) joined the Iowa Congressional Delegation in sending a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging immediate passage of the bipartisan, bicameral Continuing Resolution (CR) already approved by the House. The letter outlines more PR

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 21 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Alumna shares entrepreneurial journey in resiliency-focused lecture What does it take to thrive as a small business owner in Iowa? For Kori Heuss, it's a mix of grit, adaptability and a whole lot of heart. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Heuss will return to her alma mater to deliver a powerful and personal lecture, "Diary of an Entrepreneur: The Need for Resiliency When Running an Iowa Small Business." The lecture more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Statement on Day 20 of the Democrat Government Shutdown * IOWA -- Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) released the following statement on Day 20 of the Democrat-led government shutdown, which continues to harm American families, troops, veterans, and small businesses: "It's now been 20 days since the Democrat Government Shutdown began. During this time, my office ha more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 20 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Montana Tech, Friends (Kan.) Knotted at No. 4 as Top 3 Hold Ground in Newest NAIA Football Top 25 * KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- Montana Tech and Friends (Kan.) moved into a tie at No. 4 and Grand View (Iowa) remained a unanimous No. 1 in the Oct. 20 edition of the Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Keiser (Fla.) picked up all 16 second-plac more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 21 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Retired Iowa nurse credits Pilates and new 3D technology for saving her lung Tonni Richard of LeClaire, Iowa, is the first lung surgery patient to undergo a new procedure at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago * Tonni Richard of LeClaire, Iowa, spent her entire career caring for others. The 65-year-old was an army nurse for 20 years, before working as a visiting nurse, then in hos more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Link Orphan Gene in SARS-CoV-2 Virus to More Severe Cases of COVID-19 * An international team of researchers led by scientists at Iowa State University, Weill Cornell Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that an orphan gene in the SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for exacerbating COVID-19 severity. The findings not more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 20 [Category: BizHospital] -- Northwestern Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Retired Iowa nurse credits Pilates and new 3D technology for saving her lung * CHICAGO - October 20, 2025 - Tonni Richard of LeClaire, Iowa, spent her entire career caring for others. The 65-year-old was an army nurse for 20 years, before working as a visiting nurse, then in hospice care and orthopaedics. After retiring from the profession she loved, Richard found a new passio more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Chuck Grassley, Colleagues Demand Records Provided to Jack Smith from Telecommunications Companies * WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and several Republican colleagues in sending letters to four telecommunications companies requesting they provide to Congress all records that were handed over to former Special Counse more PR