PEORIA, ILLINOIS (August 23, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits emerged from a wild game with a 9-7 victory over the Peoria Chiefs in the final meeting of the season between the two teams on Friday night. Catcher CJ Stubbs became the first River Bandits player to hit multiple home-runs in a game by going 4-4 with two long-balls and four runs batted in.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 23, 2019) —

WHO:  Representative Dave Loebsack

Roy Farnum, Buffalo Park Board Chair

Mark Lofgren, State Senator

Kathy Wine, River Action

WHAT:  Rep Loebsack will speak at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of a new portion of the Mississippi River Trail in Buffalo

WHERE:  Intersection of Elm and IA 22, Buffalo

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA (August 23, 2019) — Google announced the five winning nonprofits for Iowa’s Google.org Impact Challenge today. Each of these organizations will receive $175,000 and, beginning on August 23, Iowans are invited to vote for the "People’s Choice" winner, who will be awarded an additional $125,000. In total, Google.org will contribute $1 million to Iowan nonprofit organizations through the Impact Challenge.

WASHINGTON DC (August 23, 2019) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Economist has published a detailed accounting of how estimated damage from trade disruptions was calculated for its