SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (November 1, 2019) — The top students representing Illinois’ colleges and universities will be honored by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during the annual Student Laureate Convocation at Saturday, 11AM, November 16, at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (November 1, 2019) — Hy-Vee announced today it will team up with customers for the seventh consecutive year to fundraise for veterans, active-duty military members, and their families during its annual Hy-Vee Home-Front Round-Up event. The fundraiser will be held from November 1-17 at Hy-Vee’s more than 265 stores across its eight-state region.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (November 1, 2019) — The gardens will be in winter bloom again with 100,000 glowing lights during the third annual Winter Nights Winter Lights. Bundle up, stroll the gardens at night, then warm up inside at the hot chocolate bar. Bring the kids for crafts or plan your visit for one of our special events. DATES AND TIMES 4:30-8:30 PM Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday First night for general admission — Wednesday, December 4

WASHINGTON DC (November 1, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s guidance on the Affordable Care Act’s 1332 waivers.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (November 1, 2019) — University of Iowa students were recently singled out for "bringing ideas to life" as members of teams competing in the annual Iowa Startup Games, an activity of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 1, 2019) — The Moline Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the latest scholarships that are available online at www.molinefoundation.org. This year's application process features a new, simplified application requiring only one essay-submission for over 38 scholarship awards.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 31, 2019) —

Thanksgiving Scherenschnitte, NovEmber 2 @ 10AM-1PM

Keith Bonnstetter joins us again on Saturday, November 2 with the art of paper design cutting! Enjoy two Thanksgiving inspired designs, one 2-D and the other 3-D.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 31, 2019) — Going into last summer, Monmouth College seniors Mike Bersell of Galva, Illinois, McCauley Johnston of Wyoming, Illinois, and Michelle Zelnio of Bettendorf, Iowa, already had great news — they had secured internships with Deere and Co.

WASHINGTON DC (October 31, 2019)  Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced a bill to track law-enforcement suicides. The Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act requires the FBI to collect voluntary, anonymous data on police suicides and attempted suicides from local, state, and federal law-enforcement agencies.

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