06 Jun 2019

Rep Dave Loebsack Announces $160,200 Grant for Clinton Municipal Airport

By Joe Hand

WASHINGTON DC (June 5, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack announced today that the Clinton Municipal Airport will receive a $160,200 grant from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant program. The funding will be used to reconstruct 250 feet of the existing taxiway pavement that has reached the end of its useful life.

06 Jun 2019

Local Students Named to Marquette University's Spring 2019 Dean's List

By Abby Cole

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 5, 2019) — The following students have been named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2019 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

HOMETOWN; NAME, DEGREE, PLAN

06 Jun 2019

Flood Volunteer Hotline Changes

By Brooke Barnes

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 5, 2019) — Beginning Tuesday, June 5, the coordination of flood volunteer and requests for assistance will be transitioning from Scott County EMA’s Volunteer Hotline to the following partners:

Volunteer Opportunities:

To volunteer, register with the following agencies:

06 Jun 2019

You’re Under Arrest: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power

By John W Whitehead

“History shows that governments sometimes seek to regulate our lives finely, acutely, thoroughly, and exhaustively. In our own time and place, criminal laws have grown so exuberantly and come to cover so much previously innocent conduct that almost anyone can be arrested for something.

06 Jun 2019

City of Dubuque, Iowa, Selected for $800,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties in Downtown District

By Ashley Murdie

LENEXA, KANSAS (June 5, 2019) — Today, the city of Dubuque, Iowa, was selected by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive $800,000 in EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant program.

06 Jun 2019

Juneteenth Panel Discussion

By Melanie Alexander

 

06 Jun 2019

Trees Forever Recognizes 2019 Award Winners

By Jackie Wedeking

IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 5, 2019) — Trees Forever is proud to recognize 13 award-winners at the non-profit's Annual Celebration and Awards Dinner on June 13. These are outstanding volunteers, environmental stewards, partners, and advocates who exemplify the mission of the Trees Forever. Congratulations to the following award winners! Award Title; Name; Location President's Award; Margo Underwood; Clear Lake, Iowa Outstanding Volunteer Award; Patti Hoffman; Preston, Iowa

06 Jun 2019

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Six More Computer Science is Elementary schools

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 5, 2019) —  Governor Kim Reynolds announced that six additional elementary schools will receive $50,000 grants each to transform themselves into models of innovative computer-science instruction through a joint project of the Iowa Department of Education and the Governor’s STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics] Advisory Council.

06 Jun 2019

Photo/Video Opportunity with Hershel Woody Williams, Medal of Honor Recipient

By Julie Johnson

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2019) — The Rock Island Arsenal Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (RIA AUSA) will host a news conference featuring Hershel Woody Williams, Chief Warrant Officer, W-4, the last surviving United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient from WWII.

06 Jun 2019

Bandits Unable to Bounce Back from Slow Start, Fall 6-2 in Peoria

By Jason Kempf

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits could not bounce back from a slow start on Wednesday night at Dozer Park, dropping the second game of the series 6-1 to the Peoria Chiefs. The River Bandits have dropped three straight games and their lead in the Western Division has been reduced to 3.5 games.

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