01 May 2017

REHN ANGUS RANCH JOINS MEMBERSHIP OF AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION

By Angus News

Rehn Angus Ranch, Davenport, Iowa, is a new member of the American Angus Association®, reports Allen Moczygemba, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Mo.

The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on over 18 million registered Angus.

28 Apr 2017

Rauner Administration Seeks to Rid State Government of Illegal Hires Made Under Previous Administration

By Eleni Demertzis

Comes on the heels of IDOT Special Master recognizing Rauner Administration for cleaning up state government hiring practices

SPRINGFIELD – The Rauner Administration this week filed a motion to deny employees hired illegally by the previous administration the protection of a collective bargaining agreement. 

28 Apr 2017

Food truck rally June 2nd! Hosted by Scott County Library System

By Shelly LaGrange

Friday, June 2nd, 4pm - 7pm at the Scott County Library System headquarters (Eldridge library), 200 North 6th Avenue, Eldridge.

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.

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