At Monmouth College's 2023 honors convocation, held in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, the Monmouth chapter of Blue Key Honor Society named Todd Fowler of Chatham, Illinois (left), Senior Man of the Year; the College's chapter of Mortar Board honor society named Kaitlyn Fox of VIllinoisla Park, Illinois (center) Senior Woman of the Year, and Kailyn Gore of Marlton, New Jersey, Freshman Woman of the Year.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 27, 2023) — Last year, Rock Island’s Martin Luther King Center set an ambitious goal for its annual Thanksgiving celebration: serve 5,000 meals to community members.

For many years, the MLK Center had served about 200 meals the Sunday before the holiday. After adding Saturday delivery and, during COVID-19, a curbside pickup option, they watched that number tick up and up, from 1,000 meals in 2018 to 2,200 in 2020 and 3,500 in 2021.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 27, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement commending Iowa’s Congressional Delegation on major ethanol victory:

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 27, 2023) — On April 28, Rock Action will host its yearly friend-raiser and fundraiser, Fish and Fire, at the Rock Island Holiday Inn, 5:30-8:30PM. The event includes the 24th Annual Eddy Awards and the 2023 Eddy Scholarship Winners.