05 Sep 2024

Iowa Bicycle Coalition Renews Calls for Hands-Free Law

By Sarah Brune

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — For the second consecutive year, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau and Iowa State Patrol collaborated at the Iowa State Fair to survey attendees on cell-phone use while driving. The survey, conducted with over 1,300 Iowans from nearly every county, revealed significant concerns about distracted driving.

05 Sep 2024

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Jobs Report: Main Street Job Growth Stalls in August

By Leah Courtney

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)’s 

05 Sep 2024

CAIR-Chicago Calls for Probe of Incidents Targeting Palestinians, Filing Complaint with Office of Police Accountability

By CAIR-Chicago

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (September 5, 2024) — The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling for a thorough investigation by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) into incidents of hate crimes and violence against Palestinian supporters and peaceful protestors.

05 Sep 2024

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Secures Murder Conviction Against Marshall County Man for Killing Father

By Alyssa Brouillet

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird jzx announced that the Attorney General’s office, in coordination with the Marshall County Attorney’s office, secured a second-degree murder conviction against Scott Swartz for beating his elderly father to death.

05 Sep 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Activation of Assistance for Scott County

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Scott County in response to severe storms that occurred on June 16 and the Federal Major Disaster Declaration approval for FEMA Individual Assistance granted on August 28, 2024.

05 Sep 2024

African American Museum of Iowa to Unveil a New Exhibit

By Melissa Porter

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — The African American Museum of Iowa unveil a new exhibit, Racist Things: Hateful Imagery in the American Home. This exhibit will thoughtfully consider the impact of post-Civil War society and the culture surrounding Jim Crow laws as the basis of the popularity of dehumanizing Black imagery.

04 Sep 2024

Red, White, and Boom! Fireworks and Events Scheduled for September 7

By Jennifer Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 4, 2024) — Red, White, and Boom! will be held Saturday, September 7, 2024, in downtown Davenport and Rock Island. At 9:30PM, fireworks will be shot, in sync to music broadcast on 97X, from two barges in the middle of the Mississippi River.

04 Sep 2024

New Book, "Sacrifice State," Examines Environmental Issues Through Conversations with Iowans from Diverse Backgrounds and Experiences

By Bethany Kohoutek

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 4, 2024) — This summer, the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) released Sacrifice State: Iowa Voices on Environment and Justice, a collaborative book project with Drake University’s Drake Community Press (DCP). The book launch took place at IEC’s Green Soiree event, a fundraiser at Mainframe Studios featuring Fort Dodge artist Madai Taylor.

04 Sep 2024

Silverstar Car Wash Ribbon-Cutting September 13

By Deanna Jensen-Valliere

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 4, 2024) — Silverstar Car Wash will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate their grand opening on Friday, September 13, 12PM. They are located at 1914 Division St, Davenport, Iowa.

04 Sep 2024

Lea Selquist ('25) Named Monmouth College's Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy

By Barry McNamara

Lea Selquist is congratulated on her honor by Monmouth College President Patricia Draves

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 4, 2024) — Although she's a self-described "numbers girl," Accounting and Spanish double major Lea Selquist ('25) of Peru, Illinois, has enjoyed opportunities to exercise the other half of her brain in college.

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