27 Sep 2023

Celebración de las Artes at the Muscatine Art Center

By Lynn Bartenhagen

MUSCATINE, IOWA (September 27, 2023) — The Muscatine Art Center, Global Education at the Stanley Center, MCC Collegiate LULAC, LULAC Muscatine, Muscatine UNIDOS 4-H, and the Muscatine County Arts Council are collaborating to offer an evening of dancing, music, and more on Thursday, October 12, 5:15-6:45PM.

27 Sep 2023

Iowa Local Food Day Connects Students to Farmers, Highlights Growth of Local Food

By Don McDowell

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 27, 2023) — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig celebrated

27 Sep 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Iowa Budget Surplus of $1.83B

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 27, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced the State of Iowa will end Fiscal Year 2023 with a balance of $1.83 billion in the General Fund, $902 million in reserve funds and $2.74 billion in the Taxpayer Relief Fund.

27 Sep 2023

NAACP'S Russell Lovell Receives Notre Dame's Rev Louis J Putz CSC Award for His Outstanding Dedication to Advancing Civil Rights

By Iowa-Nebraska NAACP

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 27, 2023) — The Iowa-Nebraska NAACP State Area Conference announces that Drake Law Professor Emeritus Russell Lovell, co-chair of the Iowa-Nebraska NAACP and Des Moines Branch NAACP Legal Redress Committees, was presented with the 2023 Rev Louis J Putz CSC Award at the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association (NDAA) luncheon on campus on August 31. Iowa-Nebraska NAACP President Betty Andrews nominated Russ for the Rev Putz Award based on his fifty years o

27 Sep 2023

Eric Paslay to Perform at Quad City Storm Opening Night Pre-Game Party October 21

By Brian Rothenberger

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 27, 2023) — The Quad City Storm is excited to welcome country-music star Eric Paslay to perform pre-game on Opening Night, Saturday, October 21. The concert will take place in the Vibrant Arena parking lot and admission is free with the purchase of a Storm opening-night ticket.

27 Sep 2023

Daisy Moran Named Director of the Quad Cities Community Foundation Center for Nonprofit Excellence

By Melanie Jones

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 6, 2023) — Daisy Moran is proud to say she’s a product of Quad Cities non-profits. "When my mother and grandmother immigrated from Veracruz, Mexico, they found housing through Project NOW," Moran explains. "I attended Head Start preschool and participated in every extracurricular activity through a non-profit. I love my community because I am a product of it and its organizations."

27 Sep 2023

Iowa K-12 Teachers, Students Invited to Sign Up for Statewide “Design Challenge”

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 27, 2023) — Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Department of Education have announced the second round of the Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge, a unique opportunity for K-12 students to create innovative projects, connect to careers, and compete for up to $1,000 in prizes for their schools. Community Colleges for Iowa, Master Builders of Iowa (MBI), and Pella Corporation are sponsoring the challenge awards.

26 Sep 2023

$110,000 Grant Funds Creative Arts Grants Across Mercer County

By Melanie Jones

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 26, 2023) — The Looser-Flake Foundation has distributed more than $110,000 in new grants across Mercer County, Illinois. With a focus on creative arts, these grants are making an immediate impact on communities in the region.

26 Sep 2023

Respiratory Illness Season Update ℅ The Rock Island County Health Department

By Janet Hill

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 26, 2023) — Here’s a respiratory illness season update. There also is a graphic attached regarding free COVID-19 test kits. We have a walk-in flu clinic today, 1-4PM. If you want to stop by. Please ask for me at the front desk. Patients must agree to being interviewed and videoed/photographed.

26 Sep 2023

Iowa Credit Union Foundation Announces $150,000 Grant Initiative to Increase Financial Inclusion in Iowa

By Ena Babic Barnes

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 26, 2023) — The Iowa Credit Union Foundation (ICUF) recently announced a new three-year, $150,000 investment in a grant initiative that will address barriers to financial well-being for minority populations in Iowa.

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