DAVENPORT, IA – Crafted QC will be hosting its first festival, OMG Beckyfest, August 25, 4 PM – Sunset and August 26, 11 AM – 5 PM in Downtown Davenport. The show will take place in the green space on East Second Street between Crafted QC and the RiverCenter. Forty vendors will have a variety of unique handcrafted items and vintage finds for sale. Admission is free.

DES MOINES, IA (08/15/2017) (readMedia)-- State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, a member of the Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation, announced today that Anna Runge of Davenport was among nine students to receive a Robert D. Blue scholarship award for the 2017-2018 school year. The Robert D. Blue Scholarship, which is given by the Foundation, awarded nine Iowa students to assist in covering expenses at an Iowa college. The recipients represented nine Iowa counties and seven Iowa schools.

Two bills will help reduce the number of local units of government, but more resident empowerment needed

OAK BROOK (Aug. 14, 2017) – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 607, two bills that enable local officials to consolidate units of local government.

CHICAGO (Aug. 14, 2017) - “The deadly violence in Charlottesville this weekend is abhorrent and absolutely an act of domestic terrorism. Racism, hatred and violence have no place in our society. The individuals responsible should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

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