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.

03 May 2022

Linda Wilson of Davenport, Iowa, Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

By Marla Elsea

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (May 3, 2022) — Linda Wilson of Davenport, Iowa, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Wilson was initiated at Kansas State University.

03 May 2022

Home Research Program Coming to the Davenport Public Library

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 3, 2022) — The Davenport Public Library will host a researching your home program on May 18, Main Virtual, at 6:30PM.

Are you a homeowner curious about your home’s past? Consider attending this program!

03 May 2022

Wartburg Wind Ensemble to perform May 15 in DeWitt

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IOWA (May 3, 2022) — The Wartburg College Wind Ensemble will perform at 2PM, Sunday, May 15, at Central DeWitt High School as part of its 2022 American Heartland Tour.

Freewill donations will be accepted, with all proceeds benefiting future Wind Ensemble tours.

Local performers with the Wind Ensemble are:

02 May 2022

Summer Conference Offers Entrepreneurship Training and Resources for Veterans

By Samantha Dilocker

AMES, IOWA (May 2, 2022) — Are you a Veteran planning to start or grow your own small business? There are a few basic things you must know to get started down a path to success.

02 May 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs Several Bills into Law

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 2, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law:

02 May 2022

Davenport Public Library to Host a Program about Ulysses S Grant

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 2, 2022) — The Davenport Public Library to host a program on Ulysses S Grant on May 17, Eastern Virtual, at 6:30PM.

Ulysses S Grant comes to life in this informative, humorous, and touching portrayal. Meet the victorious General whose strategy and tenacity won the Civil War, the President who struggled to rebuild his country after the war, and the husband and father whose final efforts were devoted to the financial support of his wife and family.

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