WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (April 30, 2024) — Got painful bunions? Kelly John DPM MHA FACFAS DABPM, a podiatric physician at the Des Moines University Clinic — Foot and Ankle, can help: She is a Lapiplasty Centurion surgeon, meaning she has completed more than 100 Lapiplasty 3D bunion-correction procedures. She achieved this status in January 2022 and has since doubled that case volume to more than 200 Lapiplasty cases.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 29, 2024) — The Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Memories in the Making event will be held on Friday, May 3, 5:30–10PM, at the Vibrant Arena at the Mark in Moline. All proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association and go towards Alzheimer’s and dementia care, support, and research.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 29, 2024) — Over-the-year, total non-farm jobs increased in nine metropolitan areas, decreased in four, and was unchanged in one for the year ending March 2024, according to data released Thursday, April 25, by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (DES). Over-the-year, the unemployment rate increased in eleven metropolitan areas, decreased in two, and remained unchanged in one.