DES MOINES, IOWA (January 5, 2021) — Anyone who has dreamed of becoming a published poet, may make his or her dream come true through the Iowa Poetry Association's (IPA) 2021 Lyrical Iowa Poetry Contest. Lyrical Iowa is IPA's annual anthology of poetry published since 1946 featuring more than 300 poems. The contest is open to anyone with an Iowa address.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (December 21, 2020) — High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2020 Fall Term. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have earned at least 2.5 credits in the term, with a grade-point average of 3.6 or better (on a 4.0 scale).

Area students who made the Dean's List include:

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (November 9, 2020) — Approximately 300 new students joined the Knox College community by enrolling for the 2020 fall term.

Area students who recently enrolled at Knox are:

Natalie Rodriguez of Moline, Illinois, a graduate of Alleman High School high school.

Amira Siddique of Moline, Illinois, a graduate of Moline Senior High School high school.

MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA (September 17, 2020) — Iowa Wesleyan University is very proud of all of its graduates and wants to say congratulations to the 69 Spring graduates. The Spring 2020 semester was unique and held many changes, but these 69 graudates still perservered and were determined to graduate from IW during these uncertain times.