25 Oct 2022

Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Invests $185,500 in Iowa Schools and Communities with Rethink Your Drink Program

By Jill Feilmeier

JOHNSTON, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — Students and staff in nineteen Iowa schools, along with visitors to eleven Iowa community spaces, parks, and trails now have better access to convenient Elkay water-bottle filling stations. Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation, along with public and private partners, donated $185,000 in the sixth year of the Rethink Your Drink program.

25 Oct 2022

Knox College Providing a Private Education at a Public Price with New Prairie Fire Flagship Match Program

By Mitch Prentice

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2022) — Knox College is introducing its new Prairie Fire Flagship Match financial-aid program for students applying to Knox for the fall of 2023. The Prairie Fire Flagship Match guarantees admitted students from 39 eligible states, including Illinois, pay no more to attend Knox than their home state's flagship public university. Students from other states — and international students — pay no more than the cost of Illinois' flagship rate.

25 Oct 2022

Walk to End Alzheimer’s Raises $1.35M in Iowa to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

By Lauren Livingston

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — Over 5,000 Iowans across the state raised money over the past ten months through bake sales, Facebook fundraisers and more for Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Together with local sponsors, walkers helped raise $1.35 million so far to help fund the care, support, and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association.

25 Oct 2022

State Auditor Rob Sand Releases Report on the Iowa Workforce Development

By Sonya Heitshusen

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — Auditor of State Rob Sand today released a report on the Iowa Department of Workforce Development for the year ended June 30, 2020.

25 Oct 2022

Monmouth Department Chair Previews the Remainder of College's Theatre Season

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2022) — Monmouth College's first staging of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in more than 70 years set a high bar for the rest of the 2022-23 theatre season, but there are still three full-length productions to try and top it.

25 Oct 2022

Fire in the Scott County Jail

By Tim Lane

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — On October 20, the Scott County Jail experienced a clothes-dryer fire in the inmate laundry room portion of the jail. At 2:35PM, the jail central control received an emergency alert from an inmate worker that there had been a fire in the dryer and that he had put out the fire with a fire extinguisher.

24 Oct 2022

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) to Celebrate Grand Opening of Clinton Career Advancement Center

By Johnna Kerres

CLINTON, IOWA (October 13, 2022) — Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) is bringing the community together to celebrate the grand opening of Clinton Community College’s Clinton Career Advancement Center

24 Oct 2022

Lymphedema: Prevention and Treatment/Gilda's Club

By Kelly Craft

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 24, 2022) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE educational program for anyone impacted by cancer on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 6-7PM, at our Gilda’s Club Quad Cities Moline Clubhouse located at 600 John Deere Road Suit, Moline, IL 61265.

24 Oct 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Statement in Response to the NAEP 2022 Math and Reading Assessment Scores

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 24, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement today in response to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics and Reading Assessments of Grades 4 and 8:

24 Oct 2022

Fareway Joins Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate's Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking in Iowa

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 24, 2022) — Fareway Stores Inc announced today it has joined a statewide coalition to end human trafficking in Iowa. The Iowa Businesses Against Trafficking (IBAT) initiative is led by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate. Fareway is a family-owned business based in Boone, Iowa. They are working with Sec Pate’s office to find ways to prevent human trafficking and raise awareness about this form of modern-day slavery.

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