DES MOINES, IOWA (October 5, 2022) — As we prepare to recognize the men and women who have served our country this Veterans Day, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller reminds veterans of their right to request time off for the November 11 holiday.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 4, 2022) — The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Quad Cities area residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, October 8, 9AM, at the Vibrant Arena at The Mark (formerly The TaxSlayer Center). Registration is at 8AM.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 4, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Jessica Noll as a district associate judge in Judicial Election District 3B.

Noll, of Akron, Iowa, currently serves as a magistrate in Woodbury County and practices law with Deck Law PLC in Sioux City. Noll received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Dakota.

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (October 4, 2022) — The Niabi zoo is excited to announce the arrival of our two newest inhabitants! Beni and Togo, two African Red River Hogs. Beni and Togo are brothers and where born in a zoo here in the US. They are both just over two years old and are growing fast. Red River hogs are found in the rainforest and wet savannahs of west and central Africa. Full grown red river hogs can weigh as much as 250 lbs.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 4, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller congratulated Clay and Dickinson counties for planning to use opioid settlement money to help launch an adult drug treatment court.

“This is a great model for other counties in using settlement money,” AG Miller said. “Drug courts can accomplish so many important goals, including reducing our prison population and costs and, most important, saving lives.”

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (October 4, 2022) — Robert Murphy, from Geneseo, Illinois, who is studying biology, has been named a resident assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for the 2022-23 academic year.

RAs are student staff members who live in the residence halls with students, serve as a resource and positive role model, and help build a sense of community by hosting floor events.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 4, 2022) — Scott County Recorder Rita Vargas and the Iowa County Recorders Association wants to make all veterans aware that recording or requesting military records should always free of charge for a veteran. In recent weeks, it has been reported that a third-party company has been charging veterans to record these documents. Please review the Iowa Code chapter and information regarding submitting copies of DD214 documents below.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (October 4, 2022) — Rivermont Collegiate is proud to announce that student Siri Reddy Pothula is a Semifinalist in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

This academically-talented high-school senior has an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 4, 2022) — Two short films will screen free in the GIANT Screen Theater at the Putnam Museum and Science Center on October 9, beginning at 3PM, as part of the Out of Darkness: Holocaust Messages for Today fall program. Truth First Film Alliance has partnered with the Putnam Museum and Science Center to bring One Survivor Remembers and Visas and Virtue to the Quad Cities.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (October 4, 2022) — Iowa’s leading climate scientists will release the twelfth-annual Iowa Climate Statement 2022: The Many Benefits of Our Trees. Extreme weather including many more dangerous hot and humid days, extreme precipitation, drought, and high winds will threaten our urban trees and rural woodlands.

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