Midwest Old Threshers gets grant to help during COVID-19 The Hawk Eye MOUNT PLEASANT — Midwest Old Threshers has been awarded nearly $77,000 in grant funding from the Iowa Arts and Culture Recovery Program. Old Threshers will use the money to support the financial operations of the association, which has taken a direct hit as a result of the loss of revenue from canceling events in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Kim Reynolds allocated the funding, made possible by the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, on Dec. 2. The department launched the Iowa Arts and Culture Recovery Program the same day and received more than 550 requests totaling more than $36 million by the Dec. 11 deadline.