24 Aug 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds, Iowa Workforce Development Announce Lowest Unemployment Insurance Rates for Employers in Over Two Decades

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 24, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Workforce Development announced today the schedule of unemployment insurance rates used to tax Iowa employers will drop to its lowest level in 24 years — the lowest rates currently allowed by Iowa law.

24 Aug 2022

Lauren Plumley of Geneseo, Illinois, is Cornhusker Marching Band Member

By Sean Hagewood

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (August 24, 2022) — Lauren Plumley of Geneseo, Illinois, is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 300-member Cornhusker Marching Band, which will make its 2022 début September 3 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska's football home opener against North Dakota.

Plumley, a senior mechanical engineering major, plays clarinet.

24 Aug 2022

World of Outlaws Late Models Return to Davenport Speedway for the Quad Cities 150

By Mike Warren

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 23, 2022) — A battle of epic proportions is ready to rumble on the banks of the Mississippi River as the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models return to Davenport Speedway, August 25-27, for the Quad Cities 150 presented by Hoker Trucking.

The three-night spectacular kicks on with a pair of forty-lap, $10,000-to-win Features, Thursday, August 25, and Friday, August 26.

24 Aug 2022

Black Box Presents "My Brother's Gift"

By Blackbox Theatre

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 24, 2022) — The Black Box Theatre is producing My Brother's Gift, adapted by Claudia Haas, based on the memories of Eva Geiringer Schoss and the paintings and poetry of Heinz Geiringer, as a part of the Out of Darkness: Holocaust Messages for Today (outofdarknessqc.com).

24 Aug 2022

Scott County Auditor Reminds North Scott and Bettendorf School Voters of Early Voting for the September 13 Special Election

By Kerri Tompkins

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 24, 2022) — Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins reminds voters there are early voting options available to them.

Early Voting Options

In person voting starts Wednesday, August 24th at the Auditor’s Office, Scott County Administrative Center, 600 West 4th Street, Davenport and is Monday-Friday, 8AM- 4:30PM.

A satellite location will be available for North Scott voters only:

24 Aug 2022

Iowa PBS to host Iowa Press Debates: US Senate

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (August 24, 2022) — Iowa PBS will hold an Iowa Press debate for the US Senate race on Thursday, October 6, at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston. The hour-long debate will begin at 7PM.

23 Aug 2022

Public Release for Schools Operating the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program

By Mike Vondran

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 23, 2022) — The Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services, has finalized its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, and the Afterschool Care Snack Program.

State and Local school officials have adopted the following family size and income criteria for determining eligibility:

23 Aug 2022

Carver College of Medicine Welcomes New Class with Annual White Coat Event

By Rick Klatt

IOWA CITY, IOWA (August 23, 2022) — The Carver College of Medicine recently staged its annual Arnold P Gold Foundation White Coat Ceremony for first-year students beginning their medical education at the University of Iowa. The event welcomed the College's class of 2026 and it represented the first time these future physicians would recite the Oath of Hippocrates, calling attention to the importance of the doctor-patient relationship.

23 Aug 2022

Jade Avedisian Hoping to Get a Step Closer to Her Goal at Quad Cities 150 The Xtreme Outlaw Midgets, Presented by Toyota Return to Action during the Davenport Speedway Doubleheader

By Brian Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 22, 2022) — Jade Avedisian had a specific goal in mind this year.

In her second season of running National Midget races, the fifteen-year-old from Clovis, California, wanted to win. And she did, in a big way, at Jacksonville Speedway with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, becoming the first women to see the checkered flag in a National Midget event.

However, that wasn’t the full extent of her goal.

23 Aug 2022

Happy Joe’s Lands Squarely on List for QSR’s Contenders for 2022

By Blake Heckel

BETTENDORF, IOWA (August 23, 2022) — In the midst of celebrating fifty years of bringing guests magical moments, Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream has been named to QSR’s Top 50 Contenders for 2022!

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