From left: Chris Fasano, Audra Goach, Bob Simmons, Chris Goble, Tiffany Springer, and Mike Connell

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 9, 2025) — During the summer, Monmouth College announced the creation of six academic schools to better align its strengths and create new opportunities for collaboration and student success. This week, after a competitive process, the college announced the appointment of the schools' six inaugural chairs:

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 9, 2025) — The Black Box Theatre located in downtown Moline present another premiere — The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 9, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird was joined by nineteen other attorneys-general as she filed emergency briefs supporting President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, and by seventeen other attorneys-general supporting deployment of troops to Chicago to stop the violent attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and agents.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 8, 2025) — The public is invited to attend a Bettendorf School Board Candidate Forum at 6:30PM, on Wednesday, October 22, moderated and broadcast by KWQC-TV6.

The forum, hosted by the Bettendorf Community School District, will take place at the Bettendorf High School Performing Arts Center, 3333 18th Street.

This year, eight candidates are running for four open seats on the Board of Education: