MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (November 4, 2019) — Timber Lake Playhouse is looking for area musicians to play in the pit for musical productions at the playhouse in Mount Carroll. TLP produces seven full-length musicals throughout the summer and fall as well as a Christmas show in December. TLP regularly hires musicians who play the more traditional instruments — keys, guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, trombone, reeds, and strings — as well as specialty instruments such as banjo, steel guitar, and man

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 4, 2019) — In the early part of this decade, a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions spread across much of the Islamic world and came to be known as the Arab Spring.

A former member of the US foreign service who's written a highly-acclaimed book on the Arab Spring will help make sense of the events from an American perspective during a November 7 talk at Monmouth College.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 4, 2019) — The Iowa Department of Revenue is issuing updated income-tax withholding tables for 2020 to continue to align Iowa withholding with recent changes in state tax-laws.

For individuals, this means that employers will be reducing the amount of Iowa tax withheld from employees' paychecks, beginning January 1, 2020, increasing take-home wages for individuals.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (November 4, 2019) — University of Dubuque Heritage Center continues its 2019-2020 Live at Heritage Center Family Series with child-friendly edition of A Christmas Carol, performed by Virginia Repertory Theatre, at 2PM, Sunday, December 8, in John and Alice Butler Hall.