26 Apr 2017

Grinnell College celebrates excavation of Peace Rock buried on April 25, 1914

By Lisa Lacher
GRINNELL, Iowa (April 25, 2017) - Grinnell College has a rock star of its own - and you don't have to buy a ticket to see it. Today the college's rock star, better known as the Peace Rock, was lifted out of the ground exactly 103 years after students buried it on April 25, 1914, to protest the end of the annual Class Scrap - a fierce fight that pitted men in the second-year class against men in the first-year class.
26 Apr 2017

Grassley Statement at Hearing on Intellectual Property

By Grassley Press

Hearing on “Intellectual Property – Driver of Innovation:

Making Our Lives Healthier, Safer, and more Productive”

April 25, 2017

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26 Apr 2017

RIVER BANDITS ROUT THE CHIEFS

By Connor Onion

Henderson homers twice as Bandits snap two game slide

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The River Bandits scored double-digit runs for the third time in eight days in a 14-4 win over the Peoria Chiefs on Monday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Quad Cities clubbed three home runs and pounded out 12 hits and Ryan Hartman picked up the win in relief.

26 Apr 2017

Grassley Statement on the Confirmation of Sonny Perdue to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, made the following statement after the confirmation of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

26 Apr 2017

WQPT WINS TWO AWARDS AT IBNA

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – WQPT’s political coverage on “The Cities with Jim Mertens” received a second place award from the Iowa Broadcast News Association on Saturday night for their series of political discussions during the 2016 election cycle.  WQPT also took home a third place award for their “Snapshots” program titled “Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge.”

26 Apr 2017

Senate, House Co-Chairs Relaunch Congressional Trademark Caucus

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON – In an effort to support the vital role trademarks play in the U.S. economy, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Senator Chris Coons, Congressman John Ratcliffe and Congressman Ted Deutch have relaunched the Congressional Trademark Caucus.

26 Apr 2017

Beach Slang Performing in Davenport

By Carina Contreras
BEACH SLANG are currently on tour and heading to Davenport on May 5th at Daytrotter.
26 Apr 2017

The Quad City Botanical Center 2017 Plant Sale!

By Quad City Botanical Center
The Quad City Botanical Center presents the 2017 Plant Sale!
Members only preview night
Thursday, April 27th, 5pm-7pm
General Plant Sale
Friday, April 28th & Saturday, April 29th from 9am-5pm
26 Apr 2017

Help Kids Beat the Summer Learning Slide! Enter the Spring Into Summer 5K on May 20, 2017

By Mary McNeil
Rock Island, IL—Runners and walkers can Spring into Summer and support important summer learning projects with the Spring into Summer 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 20. The 9:00 am race is a partnership among Spring Forward Learning Center, Martin Luther King Center, and Rock Island Public Library summer learning programs. Proceeds support summer reading and enrichment projects at Spring Forward elementary education sites in Rock Island and Milan.
26 Apr 2017

April 28: Workers Memorial Day Events around Iowa.

By Lance Coles

Workers’ Memorial Day: April 28-29

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