24 Jan 2018

Students named to Augustana College's fall term Dean's List

By Ashleigh Johnston

ROCK ISLAND, IL (01/23/2018)-- Augustana College announced 1,138 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2017 fall term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Note: For the complete list of all (128) students for this story, please visit:

24 Jan 2018

Senator Boulton Proposes Plan to Expand Retirement Savings Options

By Jordan Sabine

Des Moines, IA- Today, State Senator Nate Boulton introduced two bills in the Iowa Senate to expand access to retirement savings options for Iowans across the state. He and Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald held a press conference to explain the impact of the legislation and provide further details.

24 Jan 2018

Quad City Arts presents Paintings and Sculptures

By Dawn Wohlford-Metallo

WHAT: Paintings by Holly Kimball & Brad Bisbey, with wood sculptures by Jay Stratton

WHERE: Quad City Arts Gallery, Rock Island

EXHIBITION DATES: February 2- March 23, 2018

RECEPTION: Friday, February 2, 2018 7-9 pm

FREE

24 Jan 2018

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FALL 2017 GRADS LIST

By Mary Spring

DeKalb, Ill. (Jan. 24, 2018) - Northern Illinois University celebrated commencement weekend, December 16 and 17. Included among the more than 1,450 graduates were the following students from your area are listed below.

24 Jan 2018

Jazz in the Fight for Civil Rights Performance Set for Iowa Wesleyan University

By Lori Baerg

Mount Pleasant, Iowa: January 23, 2018 – Iowa Wesleyan University welcomes the live performance and presentation of Jazz in the Fight for Civil Rights featuring Dr. Damani Phillips, Michael Jarvey, Blake Shaw and Jim Dreier.

24 Jan 2018

Reynolds, Republicans Throw Money at Water Quality

By Tess Seger, Iowa Democratic Party
“It’s not a great bill for actually cleaning up water”
Des Moines, IA – Today, Iowa Republicans approved a water quality bill crafted behind closed doors with special interests and zero input from Democrats. The bill spends millions of Iowa taxpayer dollars with little accountability, diverts millions from public schools, and makes no substantive changes to actually clean Iowa's impaired waterways.
24 Jan 2018

The Moline Foundation Announces the Moline Kiwanis Charitable Foundation Fund Scholarship Award Deadline

By Jennifer von Kaenel, CFRE
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis also seeks to encourage young people to reach out to the wider community and provide volunteer service.
24 Jan 2018

Northeast Iowa Community College and Upper Iowa University sign unique Bridge to Success partnership agreement

By Karl Easttorp

FAYETTE, IA (01/23/2018) Upper Iowa University and Northeast Iowa Community College signed a Letter of Understanding on Tuesday, January 23, that will create a new Bridge to Success Program for first-year college students. The four-year private university and community college agreement, which begins this fall, is unique in the state of Iowa.

24 Jan 2018

Grassley, Johnson Ask DOJ IG Horowitz about Missing FBI Text Messages

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson wrote a letter to the Justice Department Office of Inspector General Tuesday regarding the revelation that the FBI did not preserve text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for the time period between Dec. 14, 2016, and May 17, 2017.

24 Jan 2018

In first televised debate, Daniel Biss makes primary a fight between a billionaire businessman and a middle-class progressive

By Tom Elliott

CHICAGO, Ill. - Tonight, at the first televised forum hosted by NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago, in partnership with the Chicago Urban League and the Union League Club of Chicago, Daniel Biss made his case as the only candidate to represent the interests of the middle class by sharing his vision for a state that works for working families, not just the wealthy and well-connected.

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