STORM LAKE, IOWA (May 23, 2025) — Buena Vista University (BVU) congratulates more than 545 students who were named to the Spring 2025 Dean's List. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students achieving a 3.5 grade-point average or higher for the semester.

Jess Daigle of Coal Valley

Kameron Evans of Muscatine

Ashley Grady of Muscatine

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COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (May 21, 2025) — Join us on May 31 for a magical day full of Fantastic Tails!

Your favorite fairy tale and superhero characters are swinging by Niabi Zoo for an enchanting adventure.

May 31, 2025 | 10AM-4PM

Event Details:

Capture memories with characters 10:30AM–12:30PM

See over 600 animals from around the world, including our adorable prairie dogs: 

NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA (May 21, 2025) — May is National Nurses Month, and it’s a chance to celebrate the nurses in an array of jobs. At Iowa Donor Network, nurses on the team help facilitate lifesaving organ transplants. They use their clinical background to make quick, heavily-informed decisions on donor potential and transplant matches.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 21, 2025) — Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) is on the verge of unveiling a major placemaking enhancement to the Emerson Place corridor featuring decorative lighting and permanent steel archways, knitting the neighborhood together and recognizing its historic roots as Motor Row and Bucktown.

Now, the final phase of the beautification is nearly complete with the installation of decorative steel archways and ambient string lighting.