DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 30, 2022) — Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) is pleased to officially welcome Sonya J Williams PhD, as the District’s eighth Chancellor. Dr Williams’ duties begin this week as she assumes leadership of the college following the retirement of Dr Don Doucette.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (August 30, 2022) — Ascentra Credit Union is pleased to announce that Beth Grabin has joined their Senior Management Team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She brings to the position 22 years of finance and accounting experience through positions held with organizations throughout Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa.

Shyneeta Rush with her nephew, Mykale, on an ImpactLife donor bus

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 30, 2022)  Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller welcomes the Biden administration and US Department of Education’s recent steps to provide relief to federal student-loan borrowers and reminds Iowans to be on the lookout for criminals who seek to take advantage of this loan forgiveness opportunity to defraud consumers.

LOGAN, UTAH (August 30, 2022) — Jordan Snarr, from Davenport, Iowa, is one of more than 4,500 students who began their collegiate journey at Utah State University, enrolling in the Fall 2022 semester as a first-year college student. Snarr will attend USU at the USU Main campus.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 30, 2022) – Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins announced that Tuesday, August 30th is the first day for voters to submit requests for absentee ballots by mail for the November 8th General Election. You must request an absentee ballot in order to receive a ballot via the mail. Ballots will begin to be mailed on October 19.

The completed absentee ballot request form is due in our office by 5PM on Monday, October 24.

DeKALB, ILLINOIS (August 30, 2022) — Over 560 students received their degrees from Northern Illinois University in August. Included among the graduates were the following students from your area:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR

Clinton, IA

Nathan McLuckie, Bachelor of Science, Public Health — Health Administration

Davenport, IA

Brooke Randazzo, Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematical Science

Moline, IL

JOHNSTON, IOWA (August 30, 2022) — To help destigmatize suicide and advance the conversation around mental health, Iowa PBS presents Facing Suicide in Iowa. This thirty-minute documentary premieres on statewide Iowa PBS on Monday, September 12, 8PM, and will be rebroadcast on Tuesday, September 13, 6:30PM.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 30, 2022) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE educational workshop entitled “Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Eating Well” for anyone impacted by cancer on Thursday, September 8, 2022, 6-7:30PM, with dinner starting at 5:30PM at Gilda’s Club Quad Cities Davenport Clubhouse located at 1351 W Central Park Ave, Suite 200, Davenport, Iowa, 52804.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 30, 2022)  Anne Frank: A History for Today opens September 2, 2022, at the Putnam Museum and Science Center. Part of the community-wide project, Out of Darkness: Holocaust Messages for Today, the exhibit tells the story of Anne Frank against the background of the Holocaust and the Second World War.

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