05 May 2022

Share a Smile with Mom at Happy Joe’s This Mother’s Day

By Kathryn Ward

BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 5, 2022) — Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream is continuing its commitment to putting smiles on peoples’ faces by hosting a special Mother’s Day celebration with an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet and giveaway.

04 May 2022

Thirty-One Iowa Schools Win Carrie Chapman Catt Award for Registering 90% of Students to Vote

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces a record high 31 schools qualified for the Carrie Chapman Catt Award this school year. The award goes to schools that register at least ninety percent of their eligible students to vote. Nearly 3,400 high school students registered this year in conjunction with the Catt Award initiative.

04 May 2022

Now Accepting Applications for Camp Genesis, Free Camp for Kids Impacted by Cancer

By Kelly Craft

MAQUOKETA, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Gilda’s Club is excited to announce a camping adventure called Camp Genesis! This specialty camp is a collaborative effort with Gilda’s Club, Camp Shalom, and Genesis Cancer Care Institute.

04 May 2022

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Secures $1.02 Million for Consumers Deceived by TurboTax

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller secured about $1.02 million from the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc., for deceiving more than 33,000 Iowans into paying for tax services that should have been free.

04 May 2022

QC PastPort Presenting a Program at the Davenport Public Library

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — The Davenport Public Library to host QC PastPort on May 24, Main Virtual, 6:30PM.

04 May 2022

Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Participants

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Central College hosted a weeklong Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry event to showcase the many projects by Central students during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Layken Bytnar, of Bettendorf, presented The Genetics of Spice Tolerance.

Rachel Daniels, of Geneseo, presented The Effect of Wingate Testing on BESS Test Performance.

Elizabeth Hurlbut, of Muscatine, presented Concussion: A Live Group Discussion.

03 May 2022

Community Action Month Celebrations Includes a State-Wide Recognition of a Project NOW Client

By Mary McNeil

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 3, 2022) — Annually, the month of May is designated as Community Action Month. Project NOW is one of 1,000 agencies across the country are working every day to create opportunities and transform the lives of their neighbors making communities stronger and helping families across the US thrive. Project NOW is a member of the National Community Action Partnership and the Community Action Network, which was born out of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

03 May 2022

Quad City Church Plans 100-Year Celebration

By Lisa Willey

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 3, 2022) — St Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, will celebrate 100 years of mission and ministry to the Quad Cities community at 9:30AM, Sunday, May 15, with a festival worship service with a celebratory bell choir, choir, organ, and flutes.

03 May 2022

Local Students Recognized at Central College Scholarship Dinner

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (May 3, 2022) — Central College students and donors were recognized during the annual scholarship dinner.

Clayton Hunn of Muscatine received the Lewis and Dorothy Furda Scholarship in Music and the T Kent Jager Endowed Music Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year for a high commitment to academic achievement. Hunn is a member of the class of 2022 at Central in Pella, Iowa.

03 May 2022

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate Presenting Catt Award to West Marshall, Collins-Maxwell, Ballard, and Ar-We-Va High Schools This Week

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 3, 2022) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate will present the 2022 Carrie Chapman Catt Award to four high schools this week. The award goes to any school that registers at least 90% of eligible students to vote. All four schools surpassed the mark during the 2021-22 school year.

This is Ballard High School’s third time winning the award. West Marshall, Collins-Maxwell and Ar-We-Va are each qualifying for the first time.

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