DES MOINES – Thousands of elementary, middle school and high school students across Iowa participated in Secretary of State Paul Pate’s 2017 Iowa Youth Straw Poll on Wednesday. The Straw Poll is an exercise designed to inspire civic engagement among Iowa’s youth and give them a feel for how the electoral process works.

Israel Institute of Technology inks MOU with U of I System; Governor visits with Motorola Solutions Israel

HAIFA, Israel (Nov. 1, 2017) — The U of I System today reached an accord with Technion, Israel’s most prominent technology university, to participate in joint research projects — the third such alliance announced on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s trade mission to the Middle East country.

Polls Open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for Most Polling Places. Polls Open from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. for Nine Smaller Cities. DAVENPORT – Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz announced today that all polling places in the cities of Davenport, Bettendorf, Eldridge, LeClaire, Blue Grass, Walcott, Long Grove and Riverdale will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 7, 2017. These cities have contested races and historically greater

On November 6, 2017 at approximately 21:01 hours the Scott County Sheriffs Office received a 911 emergency call regarding a robbery at the Mt. Joy BP/Amoco gas station located at 21010 Brady Street.