DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa posted the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * California Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Drug Charges A Tulare, California man was sentenced on December 2, 2025, to life in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to public court documents and evidence presented at trial, Brian Joaquin Alvarado, 40, was the leader of an extensive drug trafficking  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Miller-Meeks Leads Bipartisan Bill to Lower Healthcare Costs of Patients * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), Nanette Barragan (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) reintroduced the Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act to make life-saving prescription medications more  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 10-90) on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) re-authorizes Revised Alternative Connect America Model Support I (Revised A-CAM I) support and deployment obligations previously authorized on April 29, 2019, to Templeton Telephone Company (TTC) in Iowa for Study Area Code (SAC) 351308 to Corn Belt Telephone Company (CBT)./1 The Burea more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has published a notification regarding an application filed by the Fuller Family Group, a collection of individuals and trusts acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Capra Financial Inc., both of Dubuque, Iowa. The application, which is being handled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, involves several related parties from Dubuque, Iowa. These include Fuller Family Holdings LLLP, the Alison J. Fuller 2025 GST Trust, the Lynn H more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Announces Winner of 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Iowa's 4th Congressional District * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that Anneka Singh from Ames High School has won the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Iowa's 4 th Congressional District. Her app, ZeroWaste, aims to reduce food waste by classifying donations to food banks as either perishable or non- more PR

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa posted the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Former Cuban Military Sergeant Sentenced to Federal Prison in Pandemic Benefits Fraud Conspiracy Fifth Iowa Meatpacking Plant Worker Sentenced in $2.4 Million Scheme to Defraud the SBA * A former sergeant in the Cuban military, who obtained fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans and recruited others to do so, was sentenced on December more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Wicker, Colleagues Introduce Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act * WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act to help Americans with digestive or inherited metabolic disorders access the nourishment they need. The legislation would require Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Senate Majority PAC, an organizations that works to elect Democratic senators who are committed to an economy that provides opportunity and security for America's working families and who stand up to protect the rights of all Americans, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Heartland Signal: Ashley Hinson has history of promoting China-owned, 'probably carcinogenic' pesticide for cancer-ravaged Iowa Heartland Signal reported earlier today on Ash more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 6 -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Iowa PhD student's algorithm becomes global resource through industry partnership Jonah Marks, a University of Iowa (UI) PhD candidate in chemical and biochemical engineering, created a better way for scientists to find "transition states" in chemical reactions, a key tool for unlocking new medicines, better catalysts, and advanced materials. The innovation attracted the attention of Ro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Leads Charge to Force House Vote on Congressional Stock Trading Ban * With Members reporting over $200 million in stock trades last year, Nunn signs a discharge petition to force action on a ban of congressional stock trading, saying it's time to end the insider advantage and restore public trust. *** Original text here: https://nunn.house.gov/2025/12/05/nunn-leads-charge-to-force-house-to-act-on-b more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Afghan Evacuees * Q: What prompted your oversight of Afghan evacuees paroled into the United States since 2021? A: Following the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, 13 American families will mourn forever the loss of their loved one when a suicide bomber attacked the airport in Kabul on Aug. 26, 2021, killing 13 U.S. service members, including a 23-year-old Marine who gr more PR

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa posted the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025: * * * Sioux City Man Guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl Soberanes was found with over 2,500 fentanyl pills after fleeing law enforcement * A man who possessed with the intent to distribute fentanyl pled guilty on December 4, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City. Alfredo Soberanes, age 31, from Sioux City, Iowa, was convicted more PR