27 Dec 2023

The Last Chance to Vote for The Steele Awards is Midnight, December 31

By Moeller Nights

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 27, 2023) — Voting for the First Annual Steele Awards ends this Sunday Night/New Year's Eve at Midnight! We have some very tight races in every single category. We know you love music so if you wouldn't mind, please take two minutes to weigh in on your favorites of 2023.

27 Dec 2023

Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) Announces Partnership with ID.me to Improve Identity Verification During the Unemployment Process

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 27, 2023) — Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) announces a partnership with ID.me, the next-generation digital-identity network that simp

27 Dec 2023

Iowa Pork Congress Coming to Des Moines January 24 and 25

By Kevin Hall

CLIVE, IOWA (December 27, 2023) — The 2024 Iowa Pork Congress, North America’s largest winter swine trade show, tak

27 Dec 2023

Happy Joe's Cooks Up Extra-Large Success in 2023, Looks to Go Even Bigger in 2024

By Jay Brasher

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 27, 2023) — There’s no such thing as too much pizza, too much ice cream, or too much good news.

22 Dec 2023

2024 USA Triathlon Youth and Junior National Championships Headed to West Des Moines

By Team RipRoar

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 22, 2023) — RipRoar Events (Des Moines), in partnership with USA Triathlon (Colorado Springs) today announced the 2024 USA Triathlon Youth and Junior Nationals will be held July 12-14, 2024 in West Des Moines, Iowa.

22 Dec 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Releases Christmas Message to Iowans

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 22, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has released her annual Christmas video message to Iowans. The video message reads as:

“From a humble stable in Bethlehem more than 2000 years ago, the world was given the greatest gift of all time, a newborn King sent to bring light to the world.

“This Christmas season, the part of the world where Jesus was born is impacted by war. And yet, his promise of peace is everlasting.

21 Dec 2023

Wall Street Journal Ranks Augustana College N° 9 Among Best Liberal-Arts Schools in the Midwest

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (December 21, 2023) — Augustana College ranked N° 9 in the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the US ranking of highest-ranked liberal-arts schools in the Midwest. According to The Wall Street Journal, the ranking emphasizes how much each school boosts student outcomes beyond what is expected.

21 Dec 2023

Arrowhead Ranch Honors Ten-Year Joe Moreno Partnership

By Drue Mielke

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (December 21, 2023) — To commemorate Arrowhead Ranch’s ten-year partnership with race director Joe Moreno, director of Genesis’ Firecracker Run, Freedom Run, and The Quad Cities Marathon, a plaque will be presented on Friday, December 22, 2023, 11AM, at the Quad Cities Marathon headquarters at 733 15th Avenue, East Moline, Illinois.

20 Dec 2023

Historic Wadee Resolution Filed to Honor the Life of Wadee Alfayoumi and Uplift His Palestinian Identity

By Muslim Civic Coalition

CHICATO, ILLINOIS (December 20, 2023) — In response to the tragic and senseless murder of six-year-old Palestinian Wadee AlFayoumi, a victim of a hate crime based on his ethnicity and faith, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), in collaboration with diverse racial and ethnic communities, led by the Muslim Civic Coalition, introduced the Wadee Resolution at the federal level.

20 Dec 2023

Voc Rehab Self-Employment Helps "Farmer Sarge" Business Grow

By Iowa Workforce Development

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 20, 2023) — Brad Thill started gardening and planting trees as a way to relax after war.

A retired Army veteran with more than fourteen deployments throughout the Eastern hemisphere, Thill calls horticulture therapeutic a way to tamp down the anxiety and migraines that come with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries tied to combat.

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