DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits have announced that Joe Kubly will take over as the team’s General Manager later this month. Kubly who served as the Bandits Director of Sales and Ticketing in 2014 and 2015, has been the President of the Grand Junction Rockies since 2016.

 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 7, 2019) — Dress up your little ghosts and goblins for our annual Not So Scary Halloween Walk on October 11 and 25 — both Fridays — 6:30-8:30PM. Bring your flashlights and explore the nooks and crannies of the Sun Garden — search for spiders, bats, jack-o-lanterns, and toads as you wander down the darkened pathways.

 

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (October 7, 2019) — Due to recent remodeling and winterization of the theatre, Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will extend programming into the Christmas Season for the first time at the playhouse.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — With the cost of a life-saving transplant often exceeding $800,000, most transplant families are unable to shoulder that financial burden. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national 501(c)3 charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces a new 14-member, bipartisan Auditors’ Working Group to assist in the administration of elections and sharing of best practices. The 14 members represent a broad spectrum of Iowa counties, spanning urban and rural areas across the state.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — State Treasurer Michael L Fitzgerald received the Boyles/Alter Distinguished Service Award on October 7 from the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST). NAST presents this award to a dedicated and committed public servant whose outstanding career in government has provided a respected voice for NAST at all levels of state government.

WASHINGTON DC (October 7, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley sent a letter to Ellen M Lord, Under-Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, seeking additional information about the Department of Defense’s (DoD) commitment to aggressively confront and end excessive price-gouging of spare parts by the TransDi

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 7, 2019) — Heart of America Group’s newest hotel and restaurant will open in the historic Fifth Avenue building in downtown Moline, Illinois. The Fifth Avenue Syndicate Bistro and Bar will open on Tuesday, October 15, and the Axis Hotel will open on Thursday, October 17. The Axis Hotel is part of the Tapestry Col

BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley today released the following statement regarding the Iowa House of Representatives Republican caucus vote for Rep Pat Grassley as speaker-elect for the 2020 legislative session.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 7, 2019) — The Environmental Law and Policy Center, Iowa Environmental Council, and Sierra Club agreed to a proposed partial settlement in the Alliant Energy rate-case being heard by the Iowa Utilities Board this week.

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