19 Jul 2022

Keep Iowa Beautiful Announces New Communities Added to Hometown Pride Program

By Kevin Techau

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 19, 2022) — Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) has announced a new expansion of KIB's Hometown Pride program with the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA), the Board of Supervisors of Dubuque and Jackson Counties, and fourteen communities: Preston, Sabula, Baldwin, LaMotte, Miles, Asbury, Holy Cross, Luxemburg, Maquoketa, New Vienna, Peosta, Rickardsville, Sageville, and Worthington.

19 Jul 2022

Forbes Ranks Ascentra #1 in Iowa on America’s Best-In-State Credit Unions List

By Jennifer Naeve

BETTENDORF, IOWA (July 19, 2022) — Ascentra Credit Union has been named Iowa’s Best-In-State Credit Union for 2022 by Forbes Magazine.

19 Jul 2022

ImpactLife Increases Value of e-Gift Cards for Donations Made at Select Donor Centers

By Kirby Winn

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 19, 2022) — Due to ongoing concern over the rate of blood donation during the summer months, ImpactLife will temporarily increase the value of electronic gift cards given to donors who give blood at one of the 22 specific ImpactLife donor center locations (see list of donor center locations at 

19 Jul 2022

The Heart of Downtown Davenport: Architectural Styles and Stories

By Brittany Peacock

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. 

19 Jul 2022

University of Wisconsin-Platteville Announces Spring 2022 Graduates

By Merit Pages

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

19 Jul 2022

SPECTRA Reading Series: YEW Showcase at Rozz-Tox July 21

By Sarah Elgatian

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.

18 Jul 2022

Local Food Establishment to be Recognized for Food Rescue

By Christina McDonough

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.

18 Jul 2022

IowaWORKS.gov Website Restored, Job and Work Search Services Resume

By Jesse Dougherty

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

18 Jul 2022

Trees, Beautiful Trees! How to Identify Them

By Brittany Peacock

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

15 Jul 2022

National Night Out Event in Eldridge

By Kathy Schwarz

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.

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