14 Feb 2024

Iowa Pork Producers Provide Generous Support to Local Food Pantries

By Kevin Hall

CLIVE, IOWA (February 14, 2024) — The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) maintains its commitment to fighting food insecurity by supporting local food pantries across the state with the Pork in the Pantry program.

14 Feb 2024

Iowa Finance Authority Designates Two Developers with Excellence in Development Designation

By Iowa Finance Authority

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 14, 2024) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) recently recognized Community Housing Initiatives Inc and Arch Icon Development as the inaugural recipients of the Excellence in Development designation.

14 Feb 2024

Augustana OperX to Perform “Amahl and the Night Visitors”

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 14, 2024) — The Augustana OperX program will perform “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at 7PM, Saturday, February 17, on the Brunner Theatre Main Stage. Dr Patrick McNally (below), assistant professor of music and director of opera, will direct the performance.

14 Feb 2024

Great Sounds Promotions "From Spirituals to Soul: The Evolutionary Journey of Black Music Through Jazz, Blues, and R&B and Beyond"

By Gaye Burnett

BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 14, 2024) — On February 24, Great Sounds Promotions invite the community to "Celebrating Black History Through Music," a compelling event at Rivermont Collegiate, 1821 Sunset Drive, beginning at 6PM. This production brings to the Quad City area a night dedicated to celebrating African American heritage and the power of music to unite.

A Night of Unity and Cultural Celebration

13 Feb 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for January’s Significant Winter Storm Snowfall

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 13, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for eighteen Iowa counties due to significant snowfall during the January winter storms.

13 Feb 2024

Scholarship Initiative to Lessen Tuition Cost for Twenty Incoming Freshmen

By Lynette Brandt

FAYETTE, IOWA (February 13, 2024) — An Upper Iowa University education will become even more affordable for ten members of each of UIU's next two incoming classes thanks to the generous support of Ralph and Erica Kauten.

13 Feb 2024

Augustana College's Fall Semester Dean's List

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 13, 2024) — Augustana College announced more than 1,100 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2023-2024 fall semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Recognized students include:

Gage Humphreys, a Business Administration-Finance, Accounting major of Coal Valley (61240)

13 Feb 2024

Jim Simpson and Sigourney Weaver Named Monmouth College 2024 Commencement Speakers

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 13, 2024) — Two of America's most respected and widely-honored theater and film artists — writer/director Jim Simpson and actor Sigourney Weaver — will jointly deliver the address at Monmouth College's 167th Commencement Exercises, to be held on Sunday, May 19.

Simpson and Weaver, who have been married for nearly forty years, will speak on the theme of "creative partnership."

13 Feb 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Extends Harvest Proclamation

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 13, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure.

12 Feb 2024

Maximus Payne of Bettendorf, Iowa, Attends Conservation Convention

By Jeanette Budding

Central College representatives at the Iowa County Conservation convention, from left, Austin Mills ('27), Mac Payne ('27), Anya Butt, professor of biology, Samantha Schelby ('24), Zoe Lutz ('24), and Abigail Boorman ('24)

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