24 Sep 2018

33rd Annual Student Hunger Drive

By Jennifer Schroder -River Bend foodbank

33rd Annual Student Hunger Drive Students from 17 Area High Schools Work to End Hunger in their Community DAVENPORT, IOWA– For the past 33 years, students from area high schools have joined River Bend Foodbank in the fight to end hunger in the Quad Cities. This year, students from 17 area high schools will participate in the Drive, which will engage them in meeting this community need, while introducing them to service and philanthropy.

24 Sep 2018

Call for Entry - 2019 MIDCOAST FINE ARTS

By Midcoast fine Arts

24 Sep 2018

Putnam to open Literary Heroines exhibit Oct. 13

By Kevin Smith

New exhibit honors iconic women of fiction and their fashion

DAVENPORT, Iowa (Sept. 24, 2018) — The Putnam’s newest exhibit, showcasing the fashions, interests and lives of some of literature’s most impactful female characters, has gotten a boost from Humanities Iowa.

20 Sep 2018

YOUTH ENSEMBLES GIVE BACK WITH CLOTHING DRIVE

By Quad City Symphony Orchestra

Community can mean a lot of things to different people. To the members of the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE), it means sharing with others who are in need.

20 Sep 2018

Iowa has one of lowest rates of LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace

By Nina Krstovic

My team analyzed the gender identity and sexual orientation complaints of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a 4-year span to reveal which states see the least cases of LGBTQ discrimination. 

Key findings: 

20 Sep 2018

Grassley Op-ed: Congress is working to combat opioid addiction

By Grassley Press

Opioid addiction often starts inadvertently. An accident on the farm, a sports-related injury or a routine dental procedure can result in prolonged pain that requires prescription pain medication. During the late 1990s, medical professionals prescribed prescription drugs at higher rates to treat pain because they were effective. What they didn’t know then was how addictive these drugs were. The aftermath has been devastating.

20 Sep 2018

City Council Meeting Agenda/packet for September 26, 2018

By Jackie Holecek

The City Council Meeting Agenda/packet for the September 26, 2018 meeting is available at the following link: https://davenport.novusagenda.com/AgendaPublic/MeetingsResponsive.aspx?meetingType=1

20 Sep 2018

Mayors of the Mississippi River Sign Landmark Agreement with Federal Agencies

By Jim Gwinner

MRCTI, USGS, USACE, DOT Solidify Water Quality Work
Grant and Pilot Projects Also Announced to Improve Resilience

20 Sep 2018

HOW CAN WE STOP THE INCREASE IN IOWA SUICIDES?

By Senate Press

The U.S. has seen a jump in suicides in recent years, with rural states being hardest hit. Iowa’s suicide rate increased more than 35 percent between 1999 and 2016.

20 Sep 2018

Illinois awarded $29 million to fight opioid crisis

By Elizabeth Tomev

The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is receiving nearly $29 million in new federal funding to help the state fight the opioid crisis.

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