WAVERLY, IOWA (July 25, 2024) — Wartburg College awarded dipolomas to 211 students during Spring Commencement on Sunday, May 26.

Tori Hofer, of Illinois City, graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education in music education.

Elyse Juarez, of Davenport, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education.

Elizabeth Koehler, of Bettendorf, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 24, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Osceola and Pottawattamie Counties for Individual Assistance, and Cherokee, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Scott, Winnebago, Woodbury, and Worth for Public Assistance for emergency protective measures and permanent work under the previously-approved Major Disaster Declaration,

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 24, 2024) — Area residents will have an opportunity to relax at an outdoor summer evening band concert this Sunday, July 28, at Monmouth College's Wallace Hall Plaza.

The Monmouth Municipal Band and the widely acclaimed Nauvoo Pageant Bagpipe Band will come together to perform at 6:30PM at the Monmouth College Trubeck Amphitheater. The concert, which will last for about an hour, is free and open to the public.

As part of a sport and recreation management Business of Golf practicum, twelve University of Iowa students spent a day learning the ins and outs of running Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City, including helping out the grounds crew

BETTENDORF, IOWA (July 24, 2024) — Northwestern Mutual Eastern Iowa will host a ribbon-cutting to celebrate their move to a new location on Thursday, October 10, 4:30PM. Their new offices will be located at 4323 Ontario Dr, Bettendorf, Iowa.

ADELPHI, MARYLAND (July 24, 2024) — Jacqueline Langa Tangbobito of Davenport, Iowa earned a(n) Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from University of Maryland Global Campus in Spring 2024.

Tangbobito was one of more than 14,000 students worldwide who earned degrees from UMGC in the 2023-24. Graduates came from all fifty states, three US territories, and 24 countries.

WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT (July 24, 2024) — The University of Hartford is pleased to announce that Jenna Willet of Eldridge, Iowa, has been named to the President's List for the Spring 2024 semester.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 23, 2024)  This summer, the Iowa Environmental Council announced its newest education and awareness campaign, “Iowa Water Watchdogs.” The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness about the risks of cyanotoxin poisoning in dogs that come into contact with harmful algae blooms in Iowa’s natural waterways.

Monmouth art professor Janis Wunderlich, who specializes in ceramics, lent a hand to the proceedings, which included making the pottery piece (also pictured)

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 23, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds, together with Iowa’s entire congressional delegation, today sent a letter to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging him and th

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