MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2025) — The White House submitted a formal request to Congress to eliminate $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports more than 1,500 public-media stations across the country. This includes your local Quad City station, WQPT PBS.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (June 5, 2025) — Austin Williams of Davenport, Iowa, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at University of Nebraska at Omaha.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (June 4, 2025) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences recognizes Spring 2025 award recipients.

Robert Gallagher, a native of Bettendorf, Iowa (52722), received the following honors:

Gold Humanism Honor Society, members were nominated by their peers for compassionate care to patients, creating a community of caring in the workplace and serving as leaders in the practice of humanism.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 4, 2025) — The students on this list earned a grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale while taking at least 3.0 academic credits during the Spring 2025 semester at Monmouth College.

Danielle Beach of Geneseo

Xanthia Colter of Geneseo

Logan Corgan of Silvis

Nylea Cruz of Silvis

Brayden Deem of Andalusia

Connor Deem of Andalusia

Sara Francescon of Coal Valley

Kiersten Fuhr of Milan