DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 15, 2023) — Don’t miss this day of music to help raise money for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Greater Mississippi Valley. The latest “Life is Beautiful” concert will be Saturday, June 3, at the Raccoon Motel, 315 E 2nd St, Davenport. Doors open at 2:30PM, with music beginning at 3:30PM.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 15, 2023) — Winners of the 14th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta Competition, held at the Bettendorf Middle Park Lagoon, have been announced.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 15, 2023) — The Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Memories in the Making event will be held on Friday, May 19, 5:30–9PM, at the Figge Art Museum (225 W 2nd St) in Davenport. All proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association and go towards Alzheimer’s and dementia care, support, and research.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 15, 2023) — Young people cry out for help all over Iowa and rural Illinois. They have been disrespected, bullied, name-called, and physically attacked — all because of who they are as LGBTQ+ human beings. Many feel isolated and lonely and commit acts of self-harm. The rhetoric is amplified by targeted hate legislation that came out of Iowa this Spring, and by politicians currying votes in stoking fear of “the other,” who isn’t “like us.”