PELLA, IOWA (June 5, 2024) — Central College recognized students who earned Alpha Zeta Mu honors in the Spring 2024 semester.

Layken Bytnar of Bettendorf (52722) Class of 2024.

Peyton Bytnar of Bettendorf (52722) Class of 2024.

Lucas Crawford of Eldridge (52748) Class of 2025.

Emmy Holthe of Muscatine (52761) Class of 2026.

Samantha Scott of Davenport (52807) Class of 2025.

MIDWAY, KENTUCKY (June 5, 2024) — Midway University is pleased to announce the students who have been named to its Dean's List for the 2024 Spring Semester. To be named to the list, a student must be classified as full-time and obtain a 3.60 grade-point average for the semester. There were 388 students who made the Dean's List, including Arthur Menezes from Davenport, Iowa.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (June 5, 2024) — Coe College is recognizing its highest-performing students as members of the Dean's List. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the term and rank in the top 10% of the student body.

Past members of Coe's Dean's List have gone on to illustrious careers in both the private and public sectors, and only 100 students made the list for the Spring 2024 term.

STERLING, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2024) — Woodlawn Arts Academy will host Shine a Light on Mental Health Teen Writers Conference from 8:30AM-2:30PM, Saturday, August 3. Teenagers will learn how to effectively use multiple forms of creative writing to improve and manage mental health.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 4, 2024) — Augustana College and Rivermont Collegiate will sign a guaranteed admissions agreement at 10AM, Friday, June 7, at Augustana’s Bahls Campus Leadership Center, 820 38th St, Rock Island.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (June 4, 2024) — A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lar Bear’s bench on Hole 1 at Palmer Hills Golf Course on Wednesday, June 5, 11:45AM, prior to the noon shotgun.

William Urban is flanked by Tom Sienkewicz, left, and Jeff Rankin, co-editors of his upcoming "Festschrift"

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 4, 2024) — William L Urban, who taught history at Monmouth College for nearly a half century, will be honored by former colleagues, students, and friends with a Festschrift.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 4, 2024) The annual bi-state Red, White, and Boom! will be held on July 3, 2024. Family-friendly activities will take place that evening in downtown Davenport and Rock Island. At 9:30PM, fireworks will be shot, in sync to music broadcast on 97X, from two barges in the middle of the Mississippi River.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 4, 2024) — UnitedHealthcare Community and State of Iowa has announced a $1.5 million investment in school-based telehealth to expand access to mental-health care for K-12 students in Iowa.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 3, 2024) — Last month, Monmouth College held its 167th Commencement Exercises. Not long after the College staged its 100th Commencement in the late 1950s, Kellogg Printing began producing the program for the ceremony, and the Monmouth company has been doing it ever since.

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