In March 2018, US president Donald Trump promised "we'll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon." That December, he issued an order to begin withdrawing US troops. Apparently the order never got executed. Most of a year later, US forces remain.

WASHINGTON DC (October 8, 2019) – Every year, Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley selects 10 young Iowans to nominate to each of the US service academies including the Military Academy at West Point, the Air Force Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 8, 2019) — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Family Resources’ Survivor Services Department is partnering with local schools and other community agencies to spread awareness.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 8, 2019) — Family Museum has earned the Certified Autism Center™ (CAC) designation, which is granted by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) and demonstrates Family Museum’s dedication to providing a supportive environment for guests with autism and other sensory disorders.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 8, 2019) — Members of the Monmouth College women's soccer team:

Emma Freyermuth of Muscatine (52761)

Nishimwe Trifoza of Davenport (52803)

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 8, 2019) — Lauren Fulscher from Moline is a member of the women's swimming and diving team at Monmouth College. The Fighting Scots home invitational will be on November 9.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 8, 2019) — 

Wednesday 10/9: 10AM-12PM — Team Skate

Thursday 10/10:  10AM-12PM — Team Skate

Friday 10/11:       10AM-12PM — Team Skate

                             6PM-7:30PM — Intrasquad Scrimmage

Saturday 10/12:   10-11AM — Pregame Skate

6PM — Preseason Game @ Peoria Civic Center

 

QUAD CITIES (October 8, 2019) — Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins tonight at sundown and ends at sundown, tomorrow night.

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for Jews around the world, and is a day of fasting, prayer, and repenting for one's sins.

"Gmar hatimah tovah" from the Board and Staff of the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, and may you all be inscribed in the book of life.

LENEXA, KANSAS (October 8, 2019) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored six Iowa top performers in the freight industry with its annual SmartWay Excellence Awards today at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, California. Awardees are shippers, carriers, and logistics-providers that excel at saving fuel and shrinking their emissions footprints.

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