04 Sep 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Cold Case Unit Prosecutor

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 4, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced Scott Brown, the current chief of the Iowa Attorney General’s office’s Statewide Prosecutions Section, will serve as the prosecutor for the office’s new cold case unit, in addition to prosecuting cases for the office’s criminal division.

03 Sep 2024

Malik and K Khaliq and Family are Presenting Sponsors of NAMIWalks Greater Mississippi Valley 2024

By Lori Leipold

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 3, 2024) — For the second year in a row, NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley has a generous partner in supporting its biggest fundraiser of the year. NAMIWalks is the Quad Cities’ largest mental-health advocacy and awareness event, and it’s also NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley’s biggest source of funds for its free, nationally-developed education and support groups for those living with mental health conditions, and their families and friends.

03 Sep 2024

Libertarian Party of Iowa Secures Key Legal Ruling, Temporarily Halts Certification of General Election Ballots

By Libertarian Party of Iowa

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 3, 2024) — In a key legal development for the Libertarian Party of Iowa (LPIA), the Iowa District Court for Polk County has granted an emergency temporary injunction that prevents the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office from certifying the 2024 general election ballots.

03 Sep 2024

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Announces Funding to Support People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness in Iowa

By Adrianne Todman

WASHINGTON DC (September 3, 2024) — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $686,019 to the State of Iowa, and the City of Des Moines to support people experiencing homelessness after extreme weather events from May 2024.

03 Sep 2024

Upcoming Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Explore Days to Showcase Nursing, Pharmacy, Engineering Academic Programs

By Maddi Deardeuff

SIUE students perform simulated treatment and work in the lab

EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS (September 3, 2024) — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville invites prospective students to learn more about its opportunities in the Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy and Engineering at its upcoming fall Explore Days.

03 Sep 2024

Augustana College to Host Lincoln Park Tennis Complex Dedication

By Nicole Lauer

Women's tennis member Maitreyi Shrikhande (left) joins representatives of Augustana College, the city of Rock Island and Estes Construction at the May 2023 Lincoln Park tennis complex groundbreaking

03 Sep 2024

Volunteers Needed for WQPT's Imagination Station

By Terry Wilson

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 3, 2024) — WQPT PBS is seeking volunteers for Imagination Station, their biggest children’s event of the year. Held on Saturday, October 19, with thousands of children attending, volunteers will assist with set-up, activity stations, costumed PBS characters, and other fun tasks.

“It was the best day of my life!”

03 Sep 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Lt Gov Adam Gregg is Leaving Position to Focus on Family

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 3, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced that Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg is stepping down from his position to pursue a career opportunity that allows him to focus more on his family.

03 Sep 2024

Bettendorf Community School District — Edison Academy Ribbon-Cutting September 12

By Deanna Jensen-Valliere

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 3, 2024) — Bettendorf Community School District — Edison Academy (Alternative High School) will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate this new building on Thursday, September 12, 4:30PM. It is located at 3066 Victoria St in Bettendorf, Iowa.

03 Sep 2024

Advocates Pursue “Mental Health for All” at Community Walk

By Lori Leipold

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 3, 2024) — One in five US adults experience mental illness each year, and one in six US youth aged six to seventeen experience a mental-health disorder annually. Yet less than half of them receive treatment. As the American public increasingly understands the critical nature of accessible, affordable mental-health-care, so do the demands on NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, known locally as NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley.

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