16 Apr 2025

Monmouth College Professors Talk Tariffs and Trade as US Economic Downturn Continues

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2025) — Tax season officially ended earlier this week with the deadline to file income tax returns.

But talk of a very specific tax — tariffs — is dominating conversation in the United States, and likely will continue to do so throughout the weeks to come.

16 Apr 2025

Des Moines University (DMU) Expands Research Team with New Director Appointment

By Jody Gifford

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (April 16, 2025) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences welcomed Kellie Sheets MBA FACHE CRA, as the director of research operations, compliance, and strategy in April.

16 Apr 2025

Hop to It: TerraCycle Makes It Easy to Recycle Easter Candy Wrappers and Reduce Holiday Waste

By Sue Kauffman

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY (April 16, 2025) — Every spring, Americans celebrate Easter with baskets brimming with candy—and plastic packaging that often ends up in the trash.

16 Apr 2025

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Launches Cold Case Card Deck to Help Crack Iowa Cold Cases

By Zach Hoffman

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 16, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the launch of the new Iowa Cold Case playing card deck to help crack Iowa’s more than 400 unsolved murders. The announcement was made in a press conference at the Des Moines Police Department. Speakers at the press conference also included:

16 Apr 2025

Project NOW Community Forum April 23 at Moline Public Library

By Mary McNeil

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2025) — Please join us next Wednesday, April 23, at the Moline Public Library at 6PM for a FREE community forum discussing politics, race, and health-care.

It will explore issues the book, Dying of Whiteness, has brought to the forefront.

It will be an interesting discussion so bring a friend or two!

16 Apr 2025

Ingrid Hofmann of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, Elected to Membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

By Alyssa Papa

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (April 16, 2025) — Ingrid Hofmann of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at University of Michigan.

16 Apr 2025

Monmouth College Receives $1 Million National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to Support Pell Grant Eligible STEM Students

By Keri Dodson

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2025) — Monmouth College has been awarded nearly $1 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch an ambitious new program aimed at increasing the success of Pell Grant eligible students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

16 Apr 2025

State Report Shows Sales of Biodiesel Surged in Iowa in 2024

By Jenna Rose

ANKENY, IOWA (April 16, 2025) — Blends of 20% biodiesel (B20) and higher more than doubled in Iowa’s on-road diesel sales last year, growing to 35% in 2024, up from 15% in 2023. That’s according to the latest Retailers Fuel Gallons Annual Report from the Iowa Department of Revenue.

16 Apr 2025

Final Iowa Film Screening Premiere Wednesday April 16, with Columbia River Canoe Project Founder Robert Lester

By Navarro Canoe Co

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 16, 2025) — Watch this two-minute clip and reserve your seat at the final Iowa premiere screening April 16 at The Last Picture House in Downtown Davenport, Iowa.

16 Apr 2025

Operation BBQ Relief: Bringing Comfort One Meal at a Time

By Ami Neiberger

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2025) — Sometimes, the simplest things mean the most — like a hot meal when everything else is lost.

That’s what a handful of big-hearted BBQ pitmasters believed back in 2011 when a devastating tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri. In the wake of unimaginable loss, they did what they knew best: Fired up their smokers, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work.

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