MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — Visit Quad Cities invites the community to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Union Station in downtown Davenport on Thursday, September 26, 2024. The historic building, located at 102 S Harrison St, has served as a transportation hub and historic landmark for generations.

BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — The Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership (ISAP) has recently accepted four new member organizations into the Partnership. Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Nutrient Research & Education Council (NREC), Savanna Institute, and Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources (STAR) are the newest members to join ISAP, whose mission is to create a network to support a systems approach to improve soil health and reduce nutrient loss.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 12, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds gave the keynote address at the US-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit (USIBC) in Delhi on the second day of her ten-day trade mission to India.

Former Monmouth professor Stacy Cordery's latest book is her third major biography, joining works on Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Juliette Gordon Low

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — The week of September 16 will be a busy one on the Monmouth College campus and in the community, including the return of a popular luncheon and a popular professor, as well as an annual event celebrating the Constitution.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — Mark your calendar for the Fall Antique Spectacular Vintage Market, November 1-3, 2024 at the QCCA Expo Center, 2621 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois.

This annual Fall antique and vintage market in its thirtieth year, will feature a sold-out line up of outstanding vendors with antiques and vintage items galore at Antique Spectacular.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 11, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the promotions of Keisha Cretsinger to Chief of the Statewide Prosecutions Section and Lindsey Browning to Chief of the Administrative Law Section.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 11, 2024) — Despite the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling allowing a handful of Republicans to remove Libertarian candidates from the November ballot, the Libertarian Party of Iowa is not backing down. The party remains committed to providing Iowans with real options as candidates Nicholas Gluba (1st District), Marco Battaglia (3rd District), and Charles Aldrich (4th District) launch their write-in campaigns.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 11, 2024) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and the Iowa Association of REALTORS® (IAR) have named Frontier Mortgage as the winner of the 2024 Iowa Homeownership Incubator Pitch Competition. Frontier Mortgage will receive $20,000 to enhance their financial literacy initiatives aimed at helping underserved Iowans, particularly Spanish-speaking home-buyers, achieve home-ownership.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 11, 2024) — The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index fell by 2.5 points in August to 91.2, erasing all of July’s gain. This is the 32nd consecutive month below the fifty-year average of 98. The Uncertainty Index rose to 92, its highest level since October 2020.

CLIVE, IOWA (September 11, 2024) — Olivia Hanlon has joined the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) team as the new communications manager. She comes to IPPA from Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach, where she served for four years as an agricultural and natural resources specialist for the ISU Small Farms team and worked as the executive secretary for the Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Association.

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