29 May 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Awards $2.94 Million in New Health-Care Grants to Boost Local Workforce

By Zach Hoffman

DES MOINES, IOWA – On Wednesday, May 28, Governor Kim Reynolds announced new grant awards for health-care employers that will help boost the industry’s workforce across Iowa, particularly in high-demand jobs.

29 May 2025

Downtown Davenport Partnership Celebrates Completion of Emerson Place Alley Beautification

By Jennifer Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 29, 2025) — Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) will unveil a major placemaking enhancement to the Emerson Place alley featuring decorative lighting and permanent steel archways, knitting the neighborhood together and recognizing its historic roots as Motor Row and Bucktown.

29 May 2025

Internships Were One of Keys in Another Successful Year for Recent Monmouth College Grads

By Barry McNamara

Anita Gandara, a member of the Class of 2024, showed off her plans to attend Oregon State University and earn a Master's degree in communication

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 29, 2025) — Monmouth College may have just sent its Class of 2025 off into the "real world," but the Class of 2024 was also on school administrators' minds, as the data from the annual First Destination Survey was recently announced.

29 May 2025

Local Students Graduate from Buena Vista University

By Christine Ellinghuysen

STORM LAKE, IOWA (May 29, 2025) — Buena Vista University (BVU) congratulates more than 400 students who graduated in Spring 2025. Local students who graduated include:

Collin Smith of Muscatine graduated with a Master of Science in Education in counseling (professional school counseling track).

Brooke Rich of Milan graduated with a Master of Education in teacher leadership, curriculum, and instruction (effective teaching and instructional leadership track).

29 May 2025

Des Moines University (DMU) Celebrates Its First Biomedical Science PhD Graduates

By Denise Lamphier

From left to right: Kim Tran MD PhD director of PhD in Biomedical Sciences program; Elizabeth McConnaha PhD ('25); and Tanner Wetzel PhD ('25) DO ('27)

27 May 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs List of Bills into Law

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 27, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the following bills into law:

27 May 2025

Stella Corgan of Silvis, Illinois, Graduates with Master's Degree from McDaniel College

By Cheryl Knauer

WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND (May 27, 2025) — Stella Corgan of Silvis (61282) earned a Master's degree in Human Services Management from McDaniel College.

27 May 2025

Cindy Goeden of East Moline, Illinois, Named to Trine University Dean's List

By James Tew

ANGOLA, INDIANA (May 27, 2025) — Cindy Goeden of East Moline, Illinois, a Trine University student, earned Dean's List recognition for the Spring 2025 term.

Goeden is majoring in Management.

To earn Dean's List honors, Trine University students must complete a minimum of twelve hours and have a grade-point average of 3.500-3.749.

Join the conversation, #TrineU.

27 May 2025

Jessica Kenward of Coal Valley, Illinois, Named to the Graceland University Spring 2025 Honors List

By Shane Adams

LAMONI, IOWA (May 27, 2025) — The honor roll lists for Graceland University's 2025 spring term have been announced, and Jessica Kenward of Coal Valley (61240), Illinois, has been named to the Honors List.

Graceland University students with a GPA between 3.65 and 3.99 are named to the Honors List. Congratulations, Jessica! Graceland commends you on your academic success.

27 May 2025

Friendship Manor to Reveal Extensive Independent-Living Renovation, “The Terraces” at Open House Event

By Adam Hurlburt

Friendship Manor residents and Executive Chef Donnie McDuffy socializing in “Lounge ’42,” one of the new amenities at the Rock Island continuing care community’s renovated independent-living facility “The Terraces at Friendship Manor”

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