14 Jul 2017

Street Fest Adds Ribfest BBQ Vendors

By Lauren Crew

(Quad Cities, USA) - The Downtown Davenport Partnership is thrilled to announce an exciting change to the 46th Annual Street Fest presented by Cobham. The Quad-Cities’ biggest homecoming party will now feature Ribfest BBQ vendors! On July 28th and 29th, an entire block of 2nd street will be dedicated to the national and local barbeque masters.

14 Jul 2017

Use Social Media to Capture and Track Crop Diseases

By Becky L. King

Twitter campaign encourages farmers to tweet corn and soybean diseases

14 Jul 2017

Farmland Leasing Meetings to Increase Understanding of Rental Agreements

By Becky L. King

Farm tenants and land owners are encouraged to attend August 15 in Bettendorf

Bettendorf, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Scott County is hosting a farmland leasing meeting on Tuesday August 15 at 6:00 PM, Scott County Extension Office, 875 Tanglefoot Lane in Bettendorf. The annual meeting is offered to address questions that land owners, tenants or other interested individuals have about leasing farmland.

14 Jul 2017

Easy Access to Wildlife Experts Available with Online Tool

By Becky L. King

ISU Extension and Outreach wildlife website provides answers to landowner questions

14 Jul 2017

CHESS FESTIVAL IN QUAD CITIES

By Bob Long
WHO?: CHESS GRANDMASTER SIMON WILLIAMS
 
WHEN?: 18-20 AUGUST.
 
WHERE?: RAMADA INN, Bettendorf, Iowa.
 
WHAT?: Learn to Attack, Play the Grandmaster
 
14 Jul 2017

Gov. Reynolds announces appointments to Iowa’s boards & commissions

By Brenna Smith

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions Thursday.

The following appointees are unpaid and are subject to Senate confirmation:

Commission on the Status of African Americans:

Matthew Gibson, Ames

Iowa State Civil Rights Commission:

Sam Kooiker, Cherokee

Early Childhood Iowa State Board:

Kathryn Dorsey, North Liberty

14 Jul 2017

Millikin University Announces Spring 2017 Dean's List

By Dane Lisser

DECATUR, Ill. (July 13, 2017) - The following students were named to the Dean's List at Millikin University for spring 2017.

14 Jul 2017

Carpenters Once More is Coming to the Old Creamery Theatre on July 29

By Lily Allen-Duenas

Amana- Carpenters Once More is coming to the Old Creamery Theatre for one show only on Saturday, July 29 at 7:30pm.

14 Jul 2017

'WHAT A RIDE' IOWA STATE FAIR FANS EXPERIENCED AT THE ANNUAL CORNDOG KICKOFF

By Drew Norton

DES MOINES, IA (07/13/2017) (readMedia)-- Des Moines, IA- Iowa State Fair fans celebrated "What a Ride" the Blue Ribbon Foundation has experienced over the last 25 years as an organization at the annual Corndog Kickoff on Saturday, July 8th. Last Saturday's event raised a total of $553,000 for the renovation and preservation of the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

14 Jul 2017

McCaskill, Grassley Call for Action on Whistleblower Retaliation

By Grassley Press

Senators first started investigating the Missouri National Guard contractor’s case in 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are calling for answers from the Missouri National Guard on what it will do to address findings that one of its contractors retaliated against contractor employee Michael Sandknop after he made disclosures that were protected under whistleblower statutes.

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