MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 24, 2023) An idea that started in Iowa has taken roots in Monmouth, and that's thanks to a Monmouth College graduate with a passion for helping her community.

Vanessa Treat Wetterling ('96) has spearheaded the community's enormously-successful Freezing for Food effort for nearly a quarter century, assisted by an army of volunteers. This year's Freezing for Food will be November 29-December 1 in downtown Monmouth.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 24, 2023) The Black Box Theatre enters their eighth season with two musicals. Auditions will be held on December 10, 1-2:30PM, for Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story, and 3-5PM for Jane Eyre: The Musical. Those auditioning should bring music in your key, photo, résumé, and rehearsal and production conflicts.

The breakdown is:

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story — Auditions 1-2:30PM

Quad City Engineering & Science Council (QCESC) 2023 STEM Teacher of the Year Kim McMaster, Bicentennial Elementary School, Coal Valley, Illinois

FAYETTE, IOWA (November 24, 2023) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its July 2023 graduates. The honored students included:

Madonna Ashitey of Bettendorf, IA

Laura Carter of Davenport, IA

Brittney Folland of Davenport, IA

Tifani Foster of Bettendorf, IA

Mitchell Lawson of Davenport, IA

About Upper Iowa University:

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 24, 2023) – On Thursday, November 23, Governor Kim Reynolds announced the signing of a disaste

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 24, 2023) — Every single year, the Grammy nominations come out, and there are typically a few old homies that get a nod for something. But what more often tends to be the case is that all of the most deserving artists — the deserving ones that we here at the Raccoon Motel/Codfish Hollow/The Fox Den and in past lives through ten years of Daytrotter and other iterations see on a regular basis — tend to be snubbed in these year-end awards.

Monmouth College students who have pieces featured in the Juried Student Art Exhibition are joined by juror April Jackson of Galesburg, Illinois, left. The exhibit is open through December 6 in the College's Len G Everett Gallery, which is on the second floor of Hewes Library

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 21, 2023) — Monmouth College student Joshua Hinkle hopes his award-winning artwork will not only inspire those who view it but lead them to support change.

Jerry Akers, shown here at one of his Great Clips locations, is doing his best to give his employees shorter shifts and a more flexible schedule

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 21, 2023) — Holiday giving started early for CASI with a hugely-successful fundraising campaign. In October, a pre-event fundraiser called Pass the Hat spearheaded by Chair Gwen Tombergs and Board Member Decker Ploehn kickstarted the momentum by raising $40,000. The Hat Bash event on November 16, with over 400 attendees, rounded out the campaign bringing the total raised to over $150,000.

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