26 Oct 2023

Back to the Past in Newly-Rehabilitated Japanese Garden

By Lynn Bartenhagen

MUSCATINE, IOWA (October 26, 2023) — Visitors who remember the Japanese-style garden at the Muscatine Art Center can now encounter an entirely re-made space that has the look and feel of the garden as it was in 1930 when Laura Musser McColm had it installed. Since 2020, the rehabilitation of the Japanese Garden has been an active project for the Muscatine Art Center staff and its team of consultants and contractors.

26 Oct 2023

MidAmerican Energy Announces 100% Clean Energy for Iowa, But Still Runs Six Iowa Coal Plants

By Iowa Environmental Council

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 26, 2023) — MidAmerican Energy recently released a news statement claiming to have served Iowans with 100% renewable energy in 2022. The news release did not mention the six coal plants that MidAmerican Energy owns in Iowa.

26 Oct 2023

Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR) Announces 2024 Individual Income Tax Brackets and Interest Rates

By John Fuller

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 26, 2023) — The Iowa Department of Revenue has finalized individual income tax brackets for the 2024 tax year (applicable for taxes due in 2025) and the 2024 interest rate, which the agency charges for overdue payments.

Individual Income Tax Bracket

26 Oct 2023

Mya Jansen of Muscatine, Iowa, Inducted into Wartburg's Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IOWA (October 26, 2023) — Mya Jansen of Muscatine is one of 22 Wartburg College students recently inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma honor society.

Phi Eta Sigma is the oldest and largest freshman honor society. A student must achieve a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 and be in the top twenty percent of their class by the end of the first year.

26 Oct 2023

19,415 Pets Go Home During BISSELL Pet Foundation's Fall National “Empty the Shelters”

By Brittany Schlacter

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (October 26, 2023) — BISSELL Pet Foundation announced 19,415 pets found loving homes during its Fall National "Empty the Shelters" reduced-fee adoption event from October 1–15, 2023. More than 345 organizations in 42 states participated in the nation's largest-funded adoption event by offering reduced adoption fees of $50 or less to make adoption more affordable and help as many pets as possible go from shelter kennels to the couches of loving homes.

26 Oct 2023

Iowa Department of Education Releases New State School Performance Ratings and Federal Designations

By Heather Doe

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 26, 2023) — The Iowa Department of Education has released the new Iowa School Performance Profiles, which includ

26 Oct 2023

Quad Cities Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Announces Five Award-Winners

By Michele Darland

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 26, 2023) — The Quad Cities Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) is hosting a cocktail party in honor of National Philanthropy Day on November 15, 2023, at Rhythm City Casino, 6:30-8:30PM. During the party, five local philanthropists will be honored and named as winners of annual National Philanthropy Day awards.

26 Oct 2023

Monmouth College's Thompson Lecture to Explore Connections Between Religion and Nature

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 26, 2023) — An engaging speaker who specializes in the connections between religion and nature will present Monmouth College's annual Samuel M Thompson Memorial Lecture.

25 Oct 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Provides Results on Operation Lone Star Deployment to US Southern Border

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 25, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds held a press conference to signify the safe return of 109 Iowa National Guard soldiers and 31 Department of Public Safety (DPS) law enforcement officers from their deployment to the US Southern border as part of Texas’ Operation Lone Star. The Iowa National Guard deployed from August 2 through September 1, 2023, and the DPS deployed from September 1 through October 2, 2023.

25 Oct 2023

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Offers Guidance for a Spooky-But-Safe Halloween

By Michael Claffey

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2023) — With ghosts and goblins preparing for frightful Halloween frolics, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is advising Illinoisans to plan ahead so they can celebrate the harvest holiday happily instead of horrifyingly.

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