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.

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.

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.

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).

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)

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

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

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.

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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.

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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