Pictured from left are Stepan Skrypnychenko and Olesia Chychaova and the Bud family, including parents Vitalii and Irene and their oldest son, Zack. In front are the Buds' twins, Milena and Mark

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2023) Monmouth College has been part of a community effort to help two Ukrainian families relocate to the area from their war-torn country.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 16, 2023) — In conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr Day on January 16, 2023, Ascentra Credit Union and its foundation, the Ascentra Credit Union Foundation, has pledged to donate a total of $50,000 to the Friends of MLK (FoMLK) organization in Davenport, Iowa. This donation will help them reach their fundraising goal for the first formal memorial of Dr Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr in the City of Davenport, known as the MLK Park.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2023) — Coming off a weekend sweep of the Vermilion County Bobcats the Storm returns to action on home ice Thursday and Friday to battle the Peoria Rivermen.

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (January 16, 2023) — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2022 President's List. The fall terms run from September to December.

Claire Borsch of Bettendorf (52722)

DeKALB, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2023) — Over 1,100 students received their degrees from Northern Illinois University in December. Included among the graduates were the following students from your area:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR

Aledo, IL

Ty Goben, Bachelor of Science in Educ, Elementary Education: Special Education

Andalusia, IL

Jack Moore, Master of Science in Education, Instructional Technology

Fenton, IL

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (January 16, 2023) — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2022 Dean's List. The fall terms run from September to December.

Ryan Stapf of Hampton (61256)

DeKALB, ILLINOIS (January 13, 2023) — Northern Illinois University announces its fall 2022 Dean's List students. To earn this distinction, students must meet a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a minimum of 3.75 on a 4.0 scale in the colleges of Business, Education, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts.

LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA (January 13, 2023) — Bailey Petersen, a native of Davenport, Iowa, was recently initiated into the Simpson College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The Society welcomed 646 new initiates from 23 universities during December 2022.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 13, 2023) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate took his official oath of office for his fourth term on January 13 in the Rotunda of the Iowa Capitol Building. Upon taking his oath of office, Sec Pate has become the second-longest serving Secretary of State in Iowa history.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (January 13, 2023) - Mya Coene of Moline, Illinois, has graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coene earned a Bachelor of Science in Middle/Secondary Education.

Coene was one of 208 students to graduate from Marquette last semester.

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