DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 19, 2022) — The Quad Cities Business Journal (QCBJ) is seeking nominations for its first annual 2022 Forty Under 40 class. This award recognizes forty leaders under the age of forty who have made a significant impact in their business and community early in their careers.

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.

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 

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:

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Bennett, IA

Mackenzie Mehmert, Agricultural Business, UW-Platteville

Bettendorf, IA

Robert Border III, Software Engineering, UW-Platteville