JOHNSTON, IOWA (August 6, 2019) — The Shining Stars Talent Show, a new program from the Bill Riley Talent Show for people up to age 30 who have special needs, will air on statewide Iowa Public Television Tuesday, August 27 at 7PM. 

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” — HL Mencken

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 6, 2019) — On Monday, the Storm acquired forward Dakota Klecha from the Macon Mayhem in exchange for future considerations. Klecha is a fourth-year pro who played in 33 games for Macon last season and racked up 12 goals and 11 assists. In 127 career SPHL games with Macon, Peoria, and Fayetteville, he has scored 96 points.

DONAHUE, IOWA (August 5, 2019) — When customers arrive at Miss Effie’s Country Flowers and Garden Stuff, near Donahue, they are given a bucket and a pair of garden clippers, which they can fill as full as they like with flowers for one flat price.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 5, 2019) — Canadian Pacific and the Quad Cities River Bandits have partnered to present free tickets for the Bandits game at Modern Woodmen Park against the Clinton LumberKings on Wednesday, August 7. This will be the third game of the 2019 season in which fans are welcome to attend a River Bandits game free of charge. Most recently, on July 31, the team played in front of nearly 4,000 fans who received free entry to the ballpark.

ROLLA, MISSOURI (August 5, 2019) — Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Spring 2019 semester.        To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0.       

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 31, 2019) — Join the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) and Music Director Mark Russell Smith as we kick off 2019-20 Season with an evening at Wide River Winery in the Village of East Davenport. Enjoy delicious wine from Wide River Winery, great music from the QCSO Brass Quintet, and charming company, all while helping to support the QCSO. Wine will be sold by the bottle and 50% of your purchase will be donated back to the QCSO!

GENEVA, ILLINOIS (August 5, 2019) — The Kane County Cougars shut out the Quad Cities River Bandits for the third time in the 2019 season, winning 3-0 on Monday night at Northwestern Medicine Field. Luis Frias and Chester Pimentel combined to strike out ten and limit the River Bandits to just three hits in the contest. Quad Cities has scored 2 runs in the 29.0 innings played in the series.

"Online communities like 4chan and 8chan have become hotbeds of white nationalist activity," wrote the editors of the New York Times  on August 4 in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Then: "Law enforcement currently offers few answers as to how to contain these communities." Wait, what? Is the Times really implying what it looks like they're implying? Yes.

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