CLINTON, IOWA (June 30, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits and Clinton LumberKings had play suspended with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Sunday evening when severe weather arrived at NelsoCorp Field in Clinton. The game will be resumed as part of a doubleheader with the score 0-0 on Monday at 5PM. That contest will go a full nine innings and be followed by another nine-inning game approximately 30 minutes after it concludes.

 

QUAD-CITIES (June 29, 2019) — Xstream Cleanup, in response to record flooding, held a one-day, region-wide flood cleanup on Saturday, June 29. This day of action removed 216 bags of debris left from high waters during flooding. Cleanups were held at six locations including areas in Buffalo and Davenport, Iowa; and in Hampton and Moline, Illinois.

WASHINGTON DC (June 29, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the resumption of US-Chinese trade talks after President Donald Trump met with President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Japan.

CLINTON, IOWA (June 29, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits dropped the first game of their series with the Clinton LumberKings by a 7-2 score on Saturday night at NelsonCorp Field. Clinton broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the bottom of the fifth before pulling away in the sixth inning.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 28, 2019) — Denny Laine, two-time Grammy® Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inductee, and founding member of both The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles band, Wings, will bring his intimate “Songs and Stories” show to The Redstone Room at River Music Experience in Davenport, Iowa, for one night only on Saturday, July 20. Tickets are available now and can be purchased at the box office (Tuesday–Saturday from Noon–6PM) and online at 

Q: Does secrecy contribute to health-care costs?

A: Sticker-shock for health-care in the United States has been a growing concern for decades. From prescription drugs to lab tests, durable medical equipment, outpatient surgery, and hospital stays, Americans increasingly feel they pay through the roof for medical care.

WINONA, MINNESOTA (June 28, 2019) — The following undergraduate students were named to the second semester, 2018-19 Dean's List at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota's Winona Campus.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, PARENT(S) (if listed)

Moline, IL Benjamin Schoonmaker, son of Kevin and Maggie Schoonmaker

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 28, 2019) — Iowa Workforce Development announced an increase to maximum weekly benefits paid to unemployed Iowans and to workers injured on the job. The new benefit payment schedules apply to people who file new unemployment insurance claims on or after July 7, 2019, and to workers injured on or after July 1, 2019.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (June 28, 2019) — Nate Walczyk (BFA Lighting Design '20), of Bettendorf, Iowa, is working as a Sales and Installation Specialist at Bandit Lites this summer.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 28, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate unveiled a new public art exhibit at the State Capitol on Friday, celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. The display features paintings of prominent women from the suffrage and civil rights movements.

Tuesday, July 2, marks the 100th anniversary of Iowa ratifying the 19thAmendment. Its passage ended the prohibition against females voting.

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