Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Adam Gregg (center) are surrounded by several West Sioux school district students, eager to meet with the new Iowa political leaders.
(Hawarden) — Governor Kim Reynolds made her first appearance to northwest Iowa as the new governor of Iowa. She, along with her newly named Lt. Governor, Adam
Gregg of Hawarden, were greeted by a crowd of hundreds of enthusiastic people ranging from small school children to senior citizens. Reynolds showed her appreciation for the attendance gathered at a former Caboose rail car welcoming her and the hometown boy, now the new Lt. Governor. Gregg was greeted by his wife and children, parents and grandfather. During a press briefing, Reynolds says she has established four major goals for her administration.
Reynolds says a STEM-based education of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics will help Iowa students to be competitive, and it will assist with her final goal of having a skilled work force.
Newly appointed Lt. Governor Adam Gregg was trying to hold back his emotions when he was greeted by the hometown crowd. Gregg began by holding a frame of an autograph of former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and showing it to the hometown
crowd. Gregg says he first got interested in public office and polices as a second grader when he was able to acquire the autograph from then a young Governor Branstad when Branstad made a public appearance to Hawarden.
Gregg says he nearly missed seeing his political idol.
Gregg says there is no way that at the time, the second-grade boy, or the governor, would know the young boy would later become a close and trusted political adviser of Governor Branstad.
Lt. Governor Gregg proceeded to say there must be divine intervention with former Governor Branstad becoming the ambassador of the People Republic of China.
The new governor and the lieutenant governor shook hands and hugged many members of the crowd, and signed countless autographs by elementary students from the West Sioux School District.
