(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jeff Franklin were named winners this week of the SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network and Security) Institute’s 2017 Difference Makers Awards.

CLINTON, IA – December 2017 –Gilda’s Club Quad Cities, an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community (CSC), is excited to offer free cancer support services to residents of Clinton and surrounding areas.  The mission of CSC and Gilda’s Club is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community.

Chamber Members! Let us know what you have going on for Christmas and New Year’s! LeClaireChamber@gmail.com

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

3RD ANNUAL HOLIDAY DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS!

JOHNSTON, Iowa, December 8, 2017 - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published this week a new patent application (U.S. 62/345,399) from the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) adding to a previously issued U.S. patent on a proprietary production method using corn in the industrial manufacturing of a raw material called monoethylene glycol (MEG). MEG is an industrial chemical used in the manufacture of antifreeze, plastic bottles for pop or bottled water, and polyester clothes.