“As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” — Bertram Gross, Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America

WASHINGTON DC (February 4, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today invited seven major pharmaceutical companies to testify before a committee hearing on February 26, 2019, on drug pricing in the United States, the second in a series of hearings examining prescription drug costs.

ST PETER, MINNESOTA (February 4, 2019) — The Fall Semester Dean's List at Gustavus Adolphus College has been released. The list comprises students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average (based on a scale in which 4.0 = A) or higher for the semester ending in December 2018. The following local students were named to the Dean's List at Gustavus Adolphus College:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME

Bettendorf, IA  Hannah Borgh 

PELLA, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — CJ Hunn of Muscatine is one of 35 Central College students performing in Central's Symphonic Wind Ensemble concert at 3PM Sunday, February 24, at Douwstra Auditorium. Hunn will play Percussion.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — Attached is this week's Storm schedule. If you could please let your audience know the Paint the Ice event on Wednesday is free and open to everybody, it would be greatly appreciated! Names can be painted from 10:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M.

Tuesday 2/5:   10:00AM-12:00PM — Team Skate (open to media)

Wednesday 2/6: 9:30AM-10:30AM — Team Skate (Rivers Edge) (open to media)

PELLA, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — Local students are among 61 Central College students in the A Cappella Choir taking part in the 10th-12th Grade Singfest all day Thursday, February 14, followed by a 7PM concert in Douwstra Auditorium.

Katie Phillips of Muscatine

Katherine Hurlbut of Muscatine

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — The Figge Art Museum will feature Submerged in the Sublime: The Landscape Photography of Kim Keever beginning Saturday in the museum’s fourth floor gallery.

Artist Kim Keever’s landscape photographs are no ordinary photographs. Rather than images of actual places, Keever, a former engineer with a background in fluid dynamics, creates fictitious scenes within the confines of a large fish tank.

NEWTON, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — Race fans rejoice! NASCAR has announced an innovative, compelling Triple Truck Challenge and Iowa Speedway will prove pivotal in determining the Triple Truck Challenge Champion with an opportunity at $500,000 for eligible drivers.

CLIVE, Iowa — A Quad-Cities man claimed a $1 million Mega Millions® prize on Monday that he won last month when he stopped for coffee and a snack at a central-Iowa convenience store.

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