DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 19, 2022) — The Davenport Public Library will be hosting a program about our beautiful and historic downtown Thursday, July 28, Main, 5PM. 

PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN (July 19, 2022) — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville awarded diplomas to more than 800 students from its three campuses for the spring of 2022.

Students from this area who graduated include:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, MAJOR(s), CAMPUS

Bennett, IA

Mackenzie Mehmert, Agricultural Business, UW-Platteville

Bettendorf, IA

Robert Border III, Software Engineering, UW-Platteville

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (July 19, 2022) — The Midwest Writing Center is excited to return to Rozz-Tox for our live reading series SPECTRA. This event will showcase interns from 2022’s Young Emerging Writers Program as well as alum of the program. KAS Music will open the event with a thirty-minute original set.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (July 18, 2022) — At the end of the day many businesses and organizations in the Quad Cities do something that makes them stand out from others. Instead of throwing edible food away, they donate it, and the Food Rescue Partnership has a program to recognize these area businesses and organizations.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 18, 2022) — The IowaWORKS.gov website that was recently impacted by a website outage has been restored, Iowa Workforce

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 18, 2022) — The Davenport Public Library will be providing a tree identification program on Tuesday, July 26, Fairmount, 2PM.

ELDRIDGE, IOWA (July 15, 2022) — The Eldridge Police Department will host its first annual National Night Out event, 5- 9PM, Tuesday, August 2, at Sheridan Meadows Park located at 851 N 1st Street. The event is free and open to the public, so bring your families and join us in building a stronger community.

FAYETTE, IOWA (July 15, 2022) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce its May 2022 graduates, followed by the degree earned and respective honors.The honored students include:

Milan, IL: Nicole Butler; Associate of Arts degree in General Business;

Blue Grass, IA: Jacob Drumm; Summa Cum Laude Bachelor of Science degree in Business Admin;

Davenport, IA: Stacey Jeffrey; Cum Laude Meritum Bachelor of Arts degree in Art;

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (July 15, 2022) — Rockhurst University awarded 733 degrees at its spring commencement ceremony, held May 14, 2022, at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City.

The following students were awarded degrees:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE(S), HONOR(S) (if listed)

Clinton, IA

Emma Gettes, Master of Occupational Therapy

FAYETTE, IOWA (July 15, 2022) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce its March 2022 graduates, followed by the degree earned and respective honors. The honored students include:

Davenport, IA: Benedicte Dansou, Cum Laude Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Mgmt;

Bettendorf, IA: Molly Giese, Master of Education degree in Instructnl Strategist I 5-12 Emphasis;

Muscatine, IA: Diana Lane, Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology;

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