WAVERLY, IOWA (November 2, 2026) — Twenty-eight Wartburg College students have been accepted into the college's Teacher Education Program.

Those accepted include:

Raen Acker of Muscatine.

Emily Thoreson of Bettendorf.

Students had to demonstrate effective reflective components in teaching and complete several other requirements to be considered for the program.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (October 30, 2026) — The University of Dubuque’s Division of Fine and Performing Arts and Northeast Iowa School of Music will present the Iowa Composers Forum 2026 Festival of New Music at 1PM, Saturday, November 7, in John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center.

MADISON, WISCONSIN (October 29, 2026) — The Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) has received a grant from the Federal Highway Administration to create a navigational app, a new website, and other marketing materials for the Great River Road All-American Road, which follows the Mississippi River for 3,000 miles through ten states, from northern Minnesota to southern Louisiana.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 30, 2026) — Nicole J Sakraida MEd, vice president for strategic growth, marketing and communications for St Ambrose University and Mount Mercy University, is a co-author of Beyond the Admissions Funnel: A Practical Guide to Data-Informed Enrollment Management, a new book published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).