31 Oct 2024

TIME Magazine Recognizes 2006 Augustana Grad's Invention

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 31, 2024) — For people exploring medical options in their struggle to conceive children, emotional and financial stress are familiar territory. Now the FDA has granted clearance to an at-home insemination kit that allows would-be parents to take control of their experience. The creator of the device is Dr Jenn Hintzsche (’06), CEO of PherDal (pron “fertile") Fertility Science Inc.

31 Oct 2024

Des Moines University (DMU) Joins Effort to Investigate Drug Shortages in the US and Canada

By Denise Lamphier

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 31, 2024) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Toronto and the University of California — San Diego, has shared new findings from a multinational study on drug shortages in the US and Canada.

31 Oct 2024

Smash a Squash: Bring Your Pumpkins to Monmouth College's Farm on November 9

By Barry McNamara

Biology professor Eric Engstrom is shown conducting a tour of the Monmouth College Educational Farm in June

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 31, 2024) — Wait! Stop! Don't throw away that pumpkin!

The good folks at the Monmouth College Educational Farm would like to have them, and there are several reasons for their plea to bring them pumpkins at 10AM, November 9.

31 Oct 2024

Quad Cities’ Premier Arts Festival Seeks Filmmakers, Musicians, Comedians, and Artists

By Jennifer Walker

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 31, 2024) — Alternating Currents, Downtown Quad Cities’ annual multi-city, bi-state festival, is now accepting submissions from talented filmmakers, musicians, comedians, and artists for its 2025 line-up.

Returning for its eighth year, the festival will take place August 14-17, 2025 bringing together hundreds of performances and activations across more than forty venues in the Quad Cities.

31 Oct 2024

Quad Cities Housing Council Celebrates 25 Years of Collaboration with Community Anniversary Party

By Jackie Celske

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 31, 2024) — The Quad Cities Housing Council (QCHC) is thrilled to announce its 25th Anniversary Celebration honoring a quarter-century of collaborative efforts to address housing needs in the Quad Cities.

31 Oct 2024

Visit Quad Cities Opens Applications for 2025 Patty Viverito Emerging Leader Scholarship

By Lindsey Row MBA

Previous recipient Nylea Cruz

31 Oct 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announces Iowa Selectees to Receive Over $500K in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution

By Jonathan Klusmeyer

LENEXA, KANSAS (October 31, 2024) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa Department of Natural Resources have been selected to collectively receive over $500,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities.

31 Oct 2024

Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Charitable Foundation Gifts $5 Million Toward Marshall for All Program

By Rebecca Stephens

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA (October 31, 2024) — Marshall University has announced a gift of $5 million from the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Charitable Foundation to support the Marshall for All program. The foundation was founded by Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer of Meta and founder of Lean In.

31 Oct 2024

QC Steamwheelers Schedule Release 2PM

By Dustin Eichten

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 31, 2024) — The Indoor Football League announced the 2025 league wide schedule on Thursday. The Steamwheelers will start their season with their home opener on Friday, March 21, versus Eastern Conference foe the Green Bay Blizzard, who ended the Wheelers play-off hopes last season. The match-up will be the Steamwheelers' and Blizzards' thirteenth meeting in the IFL era. The match-up has consistently fielded competitive and physical contests.

31 Oct 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Statement on LULAC Suing State for Upholding Election Integrity

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 31, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the League of United Latin American Citizens (“LULAC”) is suing the State for protecting election integrity by verifying that voters are citizens.

AG Bird released the following response:

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