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In celebration of National Unclaimed Property Day, held annually on Feb. 1, State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald is sharing the newest report of Fremont County residents who are in the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt. “This past year, there was a total of $49 million reported to the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt,” said Fitzgerald. “In Fremont County alone, $61 thousand was remitted, meaning you, a neighbor or a favorite local business could be in the database.”

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting applications for the 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. To qualify, the grants must be used to support projects that raise awareness about or drive demand for specialty crops grown in Iowa.

January is National Blood Donor Month – and dire blood shortages have made it more critical than ever to consider rolling up your sleeve. According to the American Red Cross, Type O blood is routinely in short supply and in high demand by hospitals – both because O positive is the most common blood type (found in 37 percent of Americans) and because type O negative blood (found in 7 percent of Americans) is the universal blood type needed for emergency transfusions and for immune-deficient infants.

For many working Americans, April 15 is synonymous with taxes. But taxpayers may be happy to learn that they have two extra days to file their returns in 2018. That’s because this year April 15 falls on a Sunday, and April 16 is Emancipation Day, when the District of Columbia celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which freed more than 3,000 slaves in D.C.