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August 22, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Iowa Department of Education awards grants to 25 school districts to connect students facing homelessness with resources they need to attend school

DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education today announced that 25 school districts received a total of $424,400 in competitive grants to support transportation and basic needs of students and families experiencing homelessness. The Resource Hub and Transportation Grants for Students Experiencing Homelessness will help Iowa school districts address

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August 21, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Treasurer Smith Announces More Than Half-a-Million in Missing Money Found at Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, Iowa – State Treasurer Roby Smith is celebrating another outstanding year of finding Iowans’ missing money at the Iowa State Fair. “This year marks another success at the fair as we were able to reunite thousands of Iowans with their missing money,” said Smith. “Fairgoers had ‘Fair Fever’

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August 21, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Iowa Department of Education launches new personalized reading tutor for Iowa schools, builds upon prior summer reading grants

41 elementary schools that were awarded grants to expand summer reading programs will be some of the first to use the reading tutor DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Education today announced it has made a $3 million investment to provide Iowa elementary schools with an intelligent, personalized reading

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August 21, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Urbandale Fire Department Achieves International Accreditation, Elevating Public Safety Standards

The Urbandale Fire Department has achieved Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), joining the ranks of only seven fire departments in the state of Iowa to earn this recognition. Urbandale now stands alongside Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Dubuque, Iowa City, Sioux City, and West Des Moines

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August 21, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

DART Delivers More Than 3.5 Million Rides in Fiscal Year 2024

2024 Iowa State Fair shuttle sets a new ridership record. The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) provided 3,504,072 rides across all transit services in Fiscal Year 2024 (July 2023 – June 2024), an increase of nearly 9% from the previous year. Ridership grew on several DART services last

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August 20, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Food Bank of Iowa receives 6,000 pounds of food from Iowa State Fair vendors

DES MOINES, Iowa (Aug. 19, 2024) — Sixteen Iowa State Fair vendors have donated 6,000 pounds of surplus food to Food Bank of Iowa at the close of this year’s fair. (That’s half of last year’s 12,000 pounds, but not surprising given the fair attracted an all-time record number of

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August 15, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Urbandale Food Pantry Hosts 5th Annual Bike Ride to End Hunger in Central Iowa

Urbandale, Iowa (August 13, 2024) – The Urbandale Food Pantry (UFP) will host its 5th Annual Pedal for the Pantry Bike Ride, presented by F&G, on Sunday, August 25, 9:00 a.m., at Des Moines Water Works Park, 2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines. New for this year, all routes will

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August 15, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Bank of America Announces 2024 Iowa Student Leaders

IOWA – Two Des Moines rising seniors, Nanees Akabar from Theodore Roosevelt High School and Frise Mukina from North High School, spent their summers participating in a prestigious paid summer internship program working with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa this summer to help serve youth and families in

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August 14, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Iowa Department of Education awarded over $276,000 in federal funds to aid statewide FAFSA completion efforts

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Education announced it was awarded over $276,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to expand its Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion efforts during the summer months. “We are grateful for this federal investment to expand the Department’s critical work supporting

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August 08, 2024 by Press Releases in Just Released

Bank Iowa Welcomes New Community Bank President to Johnston

(Johnston, Iowa – August 8, 2024) – Bank Iowa today announced the appointment of TJ Hodges as community bank president for the bank’s new Johnston location. Hodges, a graduate of Buena Vista University, has more than ten years of experience in commercial lending and various business lending and service roles

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