DUBUQUE, Iowa (January 23, 2019) — Heartland Financial USA, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLF) announced that its board of directors approved an increase in its quarterly cash dividend to $0.16 per share on the company's common stock payable on March 1, 2019, to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, there were 34,477,499 common shares outstanding listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HTLF.

Hi everybody!  Are we done with all the snow and cold yet? Whew! How long before spring arrives?

But for now, let me remind you of a few City of Davenport items. First, don’t forget that at tonight’s City Council meeting new firefighters will be sworn in. The meeting gets underway at 5:30PM in the Council Chambers.

Most Iowans think that the state was solidly pro-Union during the Civil War. After all, some 76,500 residents fought for the North. In reality, Iowa Democrats formed a spectrum of dissent. The majority of Democrats opposed abolishing slavery (and yet favored the Union war effort); the minority sympathized with the South. Out of this group, at least 60 Iowa residents served the Confederacy. This talk will focus on four or five of them.

Des Moines, Iowa (January 23, 2019) — Architecture firm billings growth softened in December but remained positive for the fifteenth consecutive month, according to a new report released today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).