BETTENDORF, IOWA (August 23, 2022) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation has named Kent Pilcher the new chairperson of its board of directors. Replacing outgoing chairperson Randy Moore, Pilcher brings nearly seven years of service to the Community Foundation, most recently as board vice chair and Investment Committee chair, and a long history of local community leadership. His term as chair will run through 2024.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (August 22, 2022) — Coe College is the only Iowa college or university to be nationally recognized by The Princeton Review in three crucial higher-education categories — Best Career Services, Most Accessible Professors, and Best Alumni Network. Coe is also the highest-ranked school for internships in the state.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 22, 2022) — Republican candidates won all six races in Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s State Fair Straw Poll. Conducted on iPads at the Secretary of State’s booth inside the Varied Industries Building, the poll gauged fairgoers’ support for candidates in Iowa’s US Senate, US House, and Governor’s races. It was held throughout the State Fair, August 11-21. More than 2,600 individuals cast votes.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 22, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined a bipartisan coalition of 24 attorneys-general in filing an amicus brief in Haaland v Brackeen, urging the US Supreme Court to reject a challenge to longstanding protections guaranteed to Native American children, their families, and tribal communities under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).