BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 28, 2026) — Bettendorf Middle School students and staff will cap off several weeks of school-wide challenges and activities with the BMS Color Run on Friday, October 9, 2026.

CLIVE, IOWA (September 28, 2026) — This October, Iowa Producers are celebrating Porktober by highlighting one of pork's biggest nutritional strengths: protein.

With "protein-maxxing" trending among consumers looking to add more protein to their diets, pork offers a flavorful, affordable way to do so, thanks to the farm families and workers who raise it with care.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 28, 2026) — The Adler Theatre is excited to announce Alice in Wonderland by Romero Britto and International Ballet Stars, One Night Only, Thursday, May 13, 2027, 7PM. Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, September 30, 10AM, at the Adler Theatre Box Office or online at ticketmaster.com.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 28, 2026) — Please join us for a ribbon cutting as Junior Achievement celebrates seventy years on Tuesday, November 17, 11AM. It will be located at 800 12th Ave, Moline, Illinois, 61265.

Seated from left: Samantha Pagel and Mason Farrington. Standing, Jilliet Spahr, Ben Evans, and Eryn Lenhart

SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA (September 28, 2026) — This is a follow-up informational release pertaining a fatality accident which occurred on 9-26 2026 which happened at the intersection of 210th Ave and 287th St.

The driver of the white 2009 Mazda has been identified as nineteen-year-old Jace Geissinger from McCausland.

Also occupying the Mazda was a passenger, eighteen-year-old Nolan Corwell from Davenport.

Both Jace and Nolan were pronounced dead on scene.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 28, 2026) — In the month of September, Red Cross volunteers helped 42 people affected by ten home fires in Milan, Moline, Silvis, Buda, Sterling, Rockford, and Machesney Park.

The Red Cross provided: emergency financial assistance, food, relief items like toiletries, health, and mental-health services, and one-on-one support to connect people to available recovery assistance.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (September 28, 2026) — Actor and playwright John Cariani will headline a night of Broadway hits performed by University of Dubuque and area high school students during A Broadway Cabaret with Special Guest John Cariani at 7PM, Friday, October 2, in John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center, University of Dubuque (UD).

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 24, 2026) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has opened applications for its new Doctor of Medical Science program — the first of its kind in Iowa.

MACOMB, ILLINOIS (September 24, 2026) — Western Illinois University Athletics is aware of the decision in Daley et al v NCAA, in which a Monroe County, Indiana, judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing the student-athletes covered by the order to continue pursuing eligibility to compete during the 2026-27 academic year as the litigation proceeds.

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