New faculty at Monmouth College include (from left) Alex Blum, Nicole Federov, Hannah Bradsahw, and Jaime Thissen

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 23, 2024) — You may have heard that Monmouth College has a new president, as Patricia Draves has returned to the school where she taught chemistry from 2002-06 to lead the institution. Her inauguration ceremony will be held at 2PM, October 4, on Wallace Hall Plaza as part of Homecoming weekend festivities.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 23, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a sixteen-state coalition in a lawsuit challenging the Biden-Harris Administration’s amnesty scheme that authorizes hundreds of thousands of aliens to illegally enter the country.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 22, 2024) — Living to 100 years old is a milestone as rare as it is incredible. Last week, Friendship Manor held a “Centennial Celebration” to honor thirteen residents who met — or exceeded — this milestone in 2024, making five percent of the Rock Island retirement community’s resident population centenarians.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 21, 2024) — River Action’s Senior Citizen Golf Cart Tours allow participants to experience and learn about our Mississippi riverfront while riding in the front seat of a golf cart along beautiful riverfront, Nahant Marsh, or Duck Creek. These guided golf cart tours of riverfront trails on both sides of the Mississippi, Iowa and Illinois, are a fun way to gain knowledge on the past, present, and future of riverfront development.