CHAMBER NETWORKING EVENTS – EVERYONE WELCOME!

August 8th – Lunch – noon - Subway, LeClaire

September 12th – Evening - 5:30 - Steventon’s

October 10th – Lunch – noon - Crane & Pelican

November 14th – Lunch – noon - Riverview Roadhouse

December 12th – Lunch – noon - Hungry Hobo, LeClaire

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The must-read book of the summer and winner of the QC Libraries’ 2017 Teen Tournament of Books is Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard!

Red Queen beat out 29 other titles chosen from the 2018 Iowa High School Book Award & Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers’ Choice nominees in a five round bracket-style tournament. Participants voted for books they have read and/or those they wish to read.

DES MOINES, IA (08/04/2017) (readMedia)-- The Iowa State Fair hosts the largest food department of any state fair and continues to grow with 30 new food contests this year- Nothing Compares to State Fair Thrills and food August 10-20, 2017.

Several notable contests will be making an appearance at this year's Fair including Spice it Up with Pampered Chef, 75th Anniversary Dessert, Hello Sally Lunn and a healthy contest in Healthy Creations a Variety of Veggies.

(DES MOINES) – The Iowa Governor’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Advisory Council on Friday announced its new co-chair will be Roger Hargens, President and CEO of Accumold in Ankeny. He will serve in the role alongside Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Hargens will succeed Dr. Chris Nelson, President and CEO of Kemin Industries. Dr. Nelson will complete his two-year term as STEM Council co-chair in August.