Ascentra Credit Union earned four Diamond Awards in recognition for outstanding marketing and business development achievements for their 2022 marketing campaigns. Marketing staff shown in picture (left to right) are Travis Kershaw, Graphics Designer; Lindsey Osborne, Marketing Specialist; Jennifer Naeve, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer and Barry Shaw, Marketing Manager (not shown is Sarah O’Brien, Digital Marketing Specialist)

OTTUMWA, IOWA (April 20, 2023) — Main Street Ottumwa’s popular “Ladies Night Out” returns Friday, April 28! The event will run 2-8PM with a trolley running 4:30-7:30PM. Complimentary tote bags can be picked up outside Coal Palace Café, The Antler Guys Mercantile Co, and the Main Street Ottumwa office.

WAVERLY, IOWA (April 20, 2023) — Roberto Munoz, of East Moline, was one of nine Wartburg College students to present at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 13-15 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Munoz presented "Vidutolimod uptake by leukocytes: elucidating the role of granulocytes & the impact on their activation."

IOWA CITY, IOWA (April 20, 2023) — The 2023 class of Tippie 21 award winners have been revealed by the Tippie College of Business. The 21 undergraduates have excelled in the areas of scholarship, leadership, experiential learning, and advancing diversity, inclusion, and global engagement.

Neah Howlett of Davenport , IA

Nikole Molina of Muscatine , IA

Angela Pandit of Bettendorf , IA

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DES MOINES, IOWA (April 20, 2023) — BISSELL Pet Foundation is teaming up with Dogtopia to bring its Spring National “Empty the Shelters” adoption event to more than 350 shelters in 45 states from May 1-15, 2023, including:

BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (April 19, 2023) — The Illinois Weseyan University chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi inducted 23 new members during a ceremony held April 15, 2023. The Society is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Local newly-inducted members include:

Natalie Jacocks of Geneseo, Illinois, a Sophomore English and Secondary Education Major

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 18, 2023) On the eve of its Scholars Day celebration, Monmouth College will host a guest speaker who explores places in the ocean few people have ever seen.

Deep-sea submersible pilot Erika Bergman will speak at 7PM, April 24, in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The College's biology and chemistry departments are sponsoring the pre-Scholars Day talk, which is free and open to the public.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 18, 2023) — On Monday, April 17, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s memorandum that has effectively created a new, burdensome cybersecurity rule. The new rule imposes significant costs on Iowans in small and rural public water systems.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 18, 2023) — Augustana College announces the selection of Mike Gapen as chair of the Board of Trustees.

Gapen, a 1991 Augustana graduate, was selected at the March BOT meeting to succeed retiring chair John Murabito ('80). His term will begin in October.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 18, 2023) — More than 100 business leaders and educators from the Quad Cities area gathered at St Ambrose University (SAU) on Thursday, April 13, to participate in the second annual Innovation Summit.

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