WASHINGTON DC (May 23, 2019) — Representatives Dave Loebsack and Steve Stivers today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to ensure no veteran seeking in-patient psychiatric care at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center is ever denied such care again. In 2016, Sgt Brandon Ketchum, a veteran from Davenport, Iowa, was turned away from a VA facility after seeking in-patient psychiatric care. After being denied admission, he tragically died by suicide.

ALBIA, IOWA (May 23, 2019) — Focus on Rural America Chair Patty Judge will join 2020 presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to tour POET Biorefining in Gowrie, Iowa. Judge has served Iowa as Lieutenant Governor and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and continues to engage in critical election issues.  

WASHINGTON DC (May 23, 2019) — Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA), the respective chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday aimed at reducing health-care costs. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:

WASHINGTON DC (May 23, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey today introduced S1647, the Supporting Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Act. This legislation would continue federal financial support for these centers through Fiscal Year 2024.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 23, 2019) — Effective immediately, the Davenport Public Library will issue one FREE replacement card per year! If you lost have your library card, you no longer have to pay to replace it! Stop on in at any service desk for more information and to replace your card.

For more information, visit www.davenportlibrary.com or call the library at (563) 326-7832.

WATERLOO, IOWA (May 23, 2019) — 2020 presidential candidate Representative Tim Ryan will discuss modernization of America's infrastructure with Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart, Rep Timi Brown-Powers, and Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall.

Date: Friday, May 31, 2019  Location: Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center  120 Jefferson Street, Waterloo, IA 50701   Time: 8:30-9:30AM CDT  RSVP to katy@linkstrategies.com  

Join us Thursdays beginning June 13 through July 25 from 2–4PM at Main (321 Main St) for a space-themed movie just for kids! Popcorn provided, feel free to bring your own covered beverage! Check the Library’s website at wwww.davenportlibrary.com for movie titles, or call (563) 326-7832. Movies shown are rated G - PG.

INDIANOLA, IOWA (May 22, 2019) — Mollie Juehring was recognized at Simpson College's Honors Convocation ceremony on April 24, 2019. Mollie received the Sven and Mildred Lekberg Music Award. The junior receiving this award is dedicated to their development as musicians and artists, a passion for music, participation in a wide variety of endeavors in the music department, and a positive leader as a musician and colleague among their peers. Mollie's parents are Diane and Lee Juehring.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 22/2019) — More than 100 Iowa City-area elementary-school students participated in Healthy LifeStars, an initiative from the University of Iowa College of Public Health staffed by current UI students that fights childhood obesity by encouraging students to be more active and eat more nutritious food. Childhood obesity has become a serious public health-issue in the US, as more and more children are classified as significantly overweight.

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