29 Jul 2022

Local Students Announced as Announces Candidates for Graduation 2022 at Illinois Wesleyan University

By Julia Perez

BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (July 29, 2022) — Illinois Wesleyan University honored more than 400 candidates for graduation during Commencement on May 1, 2022. Dr William Farrar ('71), considered to be one of the nation's foremost experts in cancer care and chief executive officer of The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, delivered the Commencement address.

Christopher Lerch of Rock Island, IL, majored in Music Education.

28 Jul 2022

Local Students Named to Spring 2022 Dean's List at Quincy University

By Merit Pages

QUINCY, ILLINOIS (July 28, 2022) — Quincy University released its Dean's List for the Spring 2022 semester. Honorees must earn a semester grade-point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) to be included in the biannual Dean's List. In total, 342 students received the honor during the Spring 2022 semester. A complete list of honorees is listed below.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME

Aledo, IL

Malorie Matlick

Eldridge, IA

Sydney Happel

Geneseo, IL

28 Jul 2022

Habitat Executive Director Kristi Crafton Announces January Retirement, Tom Fisher-King Has Been Selected as Next Executive Director After a Successful Banking Career

By Rebecca Ludin

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities’ Executive Director Kristi Crafton announces she will retire in January 2023 after eighteen years with the organization. Thomas Fisher-King, Quad City Bank and Trust, First Vice President of Real Estate Operations and Facilities Management will be Habitat’s next Executive Director. Tom will begin his new role on September 17, allowing for a three-month transition.

28 Jul 2022

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Sues Tobacco Companies Over Scheme to Withhold $133 Million

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller accuses Philip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co, and sixteen other tobacco companies of defrauding Iowa of more than $133 million, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

28 Jul 2022

Triple Groundbreaking Ceremony for Home Builds in Davenport, Saturday, July 30

By Rebecca Ludin

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — The public is invited to celebrate the Groundbreaking of Habitat Homes N° 128, N° 129, and N° 130 this Saturday, July 30, 10AM. The event will be located at 651 East 6th Street, Davenport. Habitat Homes N° 128, N° 129, and N° 130 will be the future homes of Sarah Ross, Balkiss Fousseni and Abdounazirou Adamou, Ayi Amavi and Vidjinnagni Tossou, and their families.

28 Jul 2022

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation Unite to Combat Human Trafficking

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — Saturday, July 30, is World Day Against Human Trafficking and Secretary of State Paul Pate is working with the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Iowa Department of Transportation to raise awareness about the issue. Their combined goal is to make Iowa a trafficking-free state.

28 Jul 2022

Find Phenomena at the Fair with Iowa PBS

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — Visitors to Iowa PBS’s State Fair exhibit will marvel at a geode the size of a basketball, prairie grass-root systems taller than a basketball player, and Iowa mussels that help keep our waterways clean. Come visit Iowa PBS in the Varied Industries Building to see these and other “phenomenal” science displays, pick up some great giveaways, and have fun for the whole family.

28 Jul 2022

Giving Back: Riverstone Group Spurs New Opportunities in Donation of Property to Renew Moline

By Liz Nolte

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (July 28, 2022) —Renew Moline has accepted the donation of RiverStone Group’s former headquarters at 1701 5th Avenue in Moline. The donation was made to spur new life and economic development opportunity for the property and downtown Moline.

28 Jul 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Appointments to Iowa’s Boards and Commissions

By Alex Murphy

 

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions.

The following appointments are subject to Senate confirmation:

Bioscience Development Board

Rebecca Fusselman, Story

Board of Chiropractic

28 Jul 2022

Central College's Terence Kleven Awarded Fulbright Research Extension

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (July 28, 2022) — Terence Kleven, the Jacob and Gela Schnucker Sessler Endowed Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Central College, obtained an extension of the Fulbright US Scholar Program award he received to conduct research in Arabic political philosophy at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan.

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