MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (September 19, 2022) — Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will host a Fall Festival featuring BrewFest on Saturday, September 24, 12-6PM. The fest will include tastings of craft beers and wines, food, hay rides, and activities for the whole family. BrewFest features the popular craft beers of Lena Brewery and other local breweries.

STORM LAKE, IOWA (September 19, 2022) — Buena Vista University congratulates more than 125 students who were named to the Summer 2022 Dean's List. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students achieving a 3.5 grade-point average or higher for the semester. The following local students were named to BVU's Dean's List:

Christina Fox, of Davenport,IA, IA

Brandi McCormick, of Davenport, IA

Alyssa Schindler, of Le Claire, IA

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MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 16, 2022) — Saxophonist Phil Pierick and pianist Casey Dierlam Tse will present a concert at 7:30PM, Wednesday, September 21, in the Kasch Performance Hall of Monmouth College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

Titled "Pillars: New Works for Saxophone and Piano," the concert is free and open to the public.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 16, 2022) — Kerri Tompkins, Scott County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, announced that a Post-Election Audit of the ballots cast at the Vote Center of Scott County Princeton Community Center in the recent special election confirmed the results from election night.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (September 16, 2022) — ACT’s American College Application Campaign (ACAC) has launched its annual #WhyApply campaign, which celebrates college application season and students who are beginning their college journeys by applying to college.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (September 16, 2022) — The following nursing student(s) received their white coats in a ceremony on September 9:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME

Bennett, IA

Mariah Petersen

Bettendorf, IA

Megan Strusz

Leclaire, IA

Blake Sherman

Long Grove, IA

Emily Ulrich

Olivia Wessel

Muscatine, IA

Caleb Paul

Veteran higher-education enrollment leader Stephanie Levenson has been named Monmouth College vice president for enrollment management

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 15, 2022) — Veteran higher education enrollment leader Stephanie Levenson has been named Monmouth College vice president for enrollment management.

Monmouth College student Sanaia Jenkins ('24) poses with her family during last year's event

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 15, 2022) — Monmouth College will welcome the families of its students to campus this weekend, offering a variety of entertaining activities.

Family Weekend highlights on Friday, September 16, include the performance of comedian juggler Marcus Monroe at 7PM in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 15, 2022) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and his bipartisan Auditors Advisory Group are uniting to dispel election misinformation and disinformation ahead of the 2022 general election. There has been a recent increase in the spread of false claims regarding elections in our state, despite there being no evidence of intrusions into Iowa’s election systems.

PELLA, IOWA (September 15, 2022) — Raja Chari, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut and commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission, will present at 7PM, Thursday, September 22, Douwstra Auditorium, on Central College's campus.

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