WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, today approved two nominees to serve as Iowa’s U.S. attorneys. Both Peter Deegan, Jr. and Marc Krickbaum, nominees to be U.S. Attorneys for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa respectively, were reported to the full Senate by a unanimous, bipartisan voice vote of committee members.

MOUNT CARROLL – Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, announced its 57th consecutive summer season for 2018. Current Artistic Director James Beaudry and Executive Director Dan Danielowski made the announcement at the company’s annual Gala in Freeport on July 14th.

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

CALENDAR

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.