AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoLocal Events: Rock Falls is rolling out “Sick Summer” for a third straight year, with a downtown mini-block party and a drag-and-drive checkpoint on Monday, June 15, bringing hundreds of race vehicles and visitors to support local businesses. Education & Workforce: Iowa State’s Kent Feed Mill and Grain Science Complex is expanding hands-on training for feed and grain careers, linking classrooms, labs, and livestock/crop production in a $35 million, donation-funded facility. Community & Learning Grants: Iowa educators and youth groups can tap the new WBL-LIFT grant to build work-based learning educator pipelines, while Dekko Foundation announced $71,000 in new local youth-focused grants across Iowa and the region. Health & Daily Life: P&G and the American Academy of Family Physicians are highlighting a big awareness gap—most Americans care about oral health, but few connect it to whole-body health. Culture & Books: Davenport hosts the Miss Iowa Scholarship Program June 11–13, and a new review spotlights Charlotte McConaghy’s “Wild, Dark Shore” as a slow-burn, gothic-feeling island novel. Public Safety & Weather: More severe weather is possible in the region after recent storms, with flood watch concerns mentioned for parts of Iowa.
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