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.

Shawn Temple, sports director with Monmouth radio stations WMOI-FM and WRAM-AM/FM, is flanked by Monmouth-Roseville High School football coach Jeremy Adolphson, left, and Monmouth College football coach Chad Braun at Monday's Monmouth Rotary Club meeting, held at the Monmouth Country Club

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 21, 2024) — State Treasurer Roby Smith, a member of the Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation, announces Christian Baluyut of Clinton is to receive a Robert D Blue scholarship award for the 2024-2025 school year. The Robert D Blue Scholarship, which is given by the Foundation, awarded seven Iowa students based on financial need, an original essay, academic achievement, and recommendations. The recipients represented five Iowa counties.