Test your engineering creativity with Strawbees at the Davenport Library. This STEM program invites kids to engineer and create with Strawbees, simple units that let you connect straws to build mechanical objects. Join us at Fairmount (3000 Fairmount Street) on Thursday January 11 at 4:00pm and find out what you’re capable of building!

Dec. 15, 2017 (Dubuque, IA) - Iowa experienced 62% solar jobs growth in 2016 according to the the most recent National Solar Jobs Census conducted by the The Solar Foundation. Growth is expected to continue in the region, and to meet the need for trained and qualified solar workers, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) will be hosting a Solar Training Academy in Dubuque starting in January 2018.

Kurt Kovarik joins National Biodiesel Board as VP of Federal Affairs

(ANKENY, Iowa) –  The National Biodiesel Board has announced that Kurt Kovarik, legislative director for U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), will join the trade association’s Washington D.C. office as Vice President of Federal Affairs. Iowa Biodiesel Board Executive Director Grant Kimberley issued the following statement:

ALTOONA – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) partnered on Wednesday to conduct information technology workshops for county auditors and their staff. EAC Chairman Matt Masterson and Director of Testing and Certification Brian Hancock joined Secretary Pate and his staff for the Election Officials as IT Managers training at the Adventureland Inn in Altoona.