CLIVE, IOWA (March 12, 2024) — With March Madness kicking off next week for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball teams, the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) has launched its own bracket challenge: 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 12, 2024) — WQPT is currently producing a local documentary that will give voice to a building with many stories to tell. It’s an institution that has been part of our Quad City history since 1928. Much more than a structure, Wharton Field House has played a significant role in our community’s past, but even more so in many of our personal lives.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 12, 2024) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) recently announced its 2023 top mortgage lenders and Realtors®. The awards were given to the lending institutions, loan originators, and Realtors® who assisted the most home-buyers through IFA programs in 2023.

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (March 11, 2024) — Local State Senator Dave Koehler is leading the push in Springfield for legislation that will increase prices at the gas pump in our area and across Illinois.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 11, 2024) When Eric Hanson ('98) drives back to his former community of Normal, Illinois, he passes by the state-of-the-art facility for electric-vehicle manufacturer Rivian.

He remembers his time as Normal's assistant city manager, when he and his team helped save a dilapidated warehouse that had sat unused for fifteen years and was targeted for demolition. It's now a one-million square-foot facility for Rivian.

Erin Schultz is a student in Des Moines University's Master of Physician Assistant Studies program

WAVERLY, IOWA (March 11, 2024) — Mia Lopez presented her summer research, "Polymer-based Gene/Drug Delivery Nanoplatforms for Pancreatic Cancer," at the annual Iowa Illinois Nebraska STEM Partnership for Innovation in Research and Education (IINspire) conference at Iowa State University in Ames.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 11, 2024) — As part of its mission to prepare career-ready students through transformational community engagement opportunities, Augustana College and the Augustana Prison Education Program (APEP) will host a re-entry simulation Wednesday, March 13.

Sarah Corkery submits signatures to the Iowa Secretary of State’s office, officially putting her name on the ballot for the primary

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 11, 2024) — Sarah Corkery, community leader and small-business owner, officially filed signatures for the Democratic nomination for Iowa’s second congressional district in the United States House of Representatives at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office.

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