WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (August 18, 2025) — Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences and Mercy College of Health Sciences have entered into a new partnership that opens doors for Mercy students seeking graduate and, in some cases, dual-credit pathways into DMU's full range of advanced health sciences programs.

Effective August 2025, Mercy students who meet academic benchmarks are eligible for streamlined interview consideration at DMU in the following programs:

RIVERDALE, IOWA (August 18, 2025) — The next meeting of the Quad Cities Flood Resiliency Alliance will be held on Thursday, August 21, 3PM, in the City Hall Community Room in Riverdale, Iowa. The Alliance is open to the public and is a forum for timely and educational information on flood prevention, mitigation, flood insurance, and floodplain management. The agenda for the Augst 21 meeting includes:

Monmouth College's new students pose on the "M" at Bobby Woll Memorial Field in April Zorn Memorial Stadium

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 18, 2025) — "I'm comin' up, so you better get this party started."

That was the command by P!NK, which blared over the April Zorn Memorial Stadium loudspeakers as more than 100 members of the Fighting Scots football team got in a Saturday morning practice.