With less than 48 hours remaining, I call on all farmers to submit comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for the 2018. While the proposed RVO has corn-based ethanol at the level intended by Congress, it would lower the cellulosic and advanced volumes. These reductions equate to a 73-million-gallon reduction for cellulosic and a 40-million-gallon reduction for total renewable fuel when compared to 2017.

Midwest Writing Center would like to invite the public to enjoy a free reading by the Great River Writers Retreat contest winner, fiction writer Misty Urban (Muscatine, IA), on Wednesday, September 6 at 6:30 p.m at the MWC offices at the Rock Island Public Library.

Come to the Davenport Public Library for a belly dancing demonstration from Bez Lancial! Bez will present a short history and introduction to belly dance, show some isolation techniques used to execute the movements and end with some follow-along dancing. Join us at Main (321 Main Street) on Thursday September 14 at noon for this fun and informative program!

(Quad Cities) - The Quad Cities Chamber has retained Waverly Partners, LLC to begin the search for the next CEO to lead the organization. Waverly Partners is a national executive search firm and the preferred provider of executive search services of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.