28 Apr 2017

Craft & Bake Sale Saturday, April 29th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

By Lola@qcvetsoutreach.com

At the Quad City Veterans Outreach Center

All Proceed go to the Food Pantry

Join us and support our local Veterans!!

250 West 35th Street, Davenport, Iowa

563-529-4782

www.qcvetsoutreach.com

26 Apr 2017

DAWSON’S BIG DAY NOT ENOUGH IN LOSS TO CHIEFS

By Connor Onion

Dawson homers, drives in three in 8-5 loss

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Ronnie Dawson had an RBI single and a two-run home run, but the Bandits fell 9-5 to the Peoria Chiefs on Tuesday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park. Chiefs’ right-hander Jordan Hicks picked up the win, tossing 6.1 innings.

26 Apr 2017

Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

By USDA Office of Communications

(Washington, D.C., April 25, 2017) – Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a brief ceremony today at the Supreme Court building.  The U.S. Senate confirmed Secretary Perdue by a vote of 87-to-11 on Monday evening.  After Secretary Perdue took the oath of office, he addressed employees at the U.S.

26 Apr 2017

Reports Signal More Cause for Concern with Marshals Service Spending, Accountability

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has called on the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to hold employees accountable for misconduct and answer serious questions about costly, yet questionable contracts. Grassley’s questions follow reports that Marshals employees routinely direct subordinates to draft their personal applications for promotion.

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

VIDEO

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.

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