AMANA, Iowa- Tannenbaum Forest in the Historic Amana Colonies is back. There is an authentic experience waiting for all ages during this holiday celebration, music, holiday goodies and FUN!

DAVENPORT, IA – November 2017 –Gilda’s Club, is hosting a FREE Grief and the Holidays workshop led Kelly Hendershot, LMSW on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Gilda’s Club Quad Cities (1234 East River Drive, Davenport). Holidays are meant to be spent with our loved ones. So how do you celebrate while mourning a loss? Hendershot will provide strategies to help support you through the holiday season.

WASHINGTON – In a letter to Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Eric D. Hargan, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), asked HHS to prioritize funding for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Program Integrity (CPI), a program that enhances transparency in transactions between medical providers and pharmaceutical companies.

Rock Island, IL – A $5,000 award was granted to the Christian Care Center in Rock Island, IL in support of its case management programming.

Q: Why is the month of November celebrated as National Adoption Month?

Partnership With Iowa Corn Provides Two-Day One-of-a Kind Outdoor Tourney   DES MOINES, IA - The Iowa Wild, in conjunction with Iowa Corn(r), announced on Thursday, the two have partnered to create Hockey Days Iowa - an outdoor three-on-three hockey tournament to be held from Jan. 13 - 14 in a central Iowa cornfield.

CLIVE, Iowa, Nov. 3, 2017 –  A Davenport woman decided to buy a scratch ticket while visiting her boyfriend this week and she ended up winning a big lottery prize.

Sarah Harksen claimed the eighth of nine top prizes of $100,000 available in the Iowa Lottery’s “Little Black Game Book” scratch game.

Harksen, 35, said she bought her winning ticket Tuesday at Casey’s, 203 S. Market St. in Solon.

On Tuesday, October 17th, 2017, around 9:15pm, two females stole two charity jars off the counter of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in LeClaire, Iowa. One of the jars contained donations for “Dimes for Dogs”, which goes to local animal shelters. The other jar contained donations that were meant for the family of Zach Francis, a local young man who passed away unexpectedly at the end of September.

Faith United Methodist Church at 3322 West Lombard is having their annual Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 12th. this year. We will begin with worship at 10:00 followed by a free meal of the usual Thanksgiving turkey, etc.

(Washington, D.C. November 3, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a slate of Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) State Directors, all serving as appointees of President Donald J. Trump.  FSA State Directors help implement U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policies in planning, organizing, and administering FSA programs in their respective states.

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