JOHNSTON, IOWA (March 17, 2025) — Each year, Iowa Corn offers Future of Ag Scholarships to young aspiring corn growers and supporters from across the state. Eighteen $1,000 scholarships were awarded in 2025 with two scholarships going to each of the nine corn districts. The scholarships are split evenly, with nine going to high school seniors entering their first year of college, and nine going to upperclassmen or who are enrolled in a graduate program.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 17, 2025) — Brian Allen has been named the new Executive Director of Quad City Arts. Allen joins the organization from the German American Heritage Center, where he served as Executive Director, bringing experience in arts administration, cultural programming, and community engagement.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (March 17, 2025) — As state legislators debate prescription-drug reform this spring, the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, on behalf of Illinois’ 56 community health centers, is proposing legislation to end unnecessary and unfair restrictions on prescription drug discounts through the 340B program.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 17, 2025) — The push to the post season continues at Vibrant Arena when the Quad City Storm returns home to battle the Evansville Thunderbolts Thursday at 6:10PM.

The Storm currently holds the eighth and final playoff spot with a record of 21-25-2-2. Home-ice advantage has been a big deal all season for the team, and especially as of late. At Vibrant Arena, the Storm has won three straight games and is 8-1-0-1 in its last ten games played.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 17, 2025) — The Trump Administration has dropped the Biden-Harris appeal in the Eighth Circuit regarding a Biden-era rule that attempted to tear down more than fifty years of landmark protections for women and girls under Title IX. Attorney General Bird today released the following statement celebrating the end of the Biden-Harris war on women:

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 17, 2025) — The 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 17, 2025) — Heritage Landscape Design will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate their expansion and thirtieth anniversary on Friday, June 13, 2025 at Noon. Their facility is located at 4500 49th Avenue in Moline, Illinois.

Heritage Landscape Design is a full-service, design-build landscape company working with customers in a sixty-mile radius. They are celebrating their thirtieth anniversary and have expanded to a new location.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 14, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has authorized a disaster proclamation for Buena Vista County, Iowa effective immediately through April 13, 2025.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 14, 2025) — In 2024, Iowa passed a law that increased penalties for illegal reentry and gave the State the tools to enforce immigration laws while Biden refused. The Biden Administration then sued Iowa to block that law. President Trump’s administration today dropped the Biden lawsuit. AG Bird released the following statement in response:

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 14, 2025) — Dr Elina Nilsson, a Fulbright Hildeman Scholar, will be presenting her work on "Shifting Trends of Family and Reproduction in Scandinavia" on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Augustana College.

The event begins at 2:30PM at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building, 3520 7th Ave, Rock Island, Illinois.

It is free and open to the public.

Pages