WAVERLY, IOWA (February 16, 2022) — The Wartburg Choir has been invited to sing at the American Choral Directors Association Midwestern Conference on February 17, at Harris Theater in Chicago.

Those participating are:

Amber Sweeney, of Walcott.

Phillip Field, of Eldridge.

Rece Vining, of Bettendorf.

Annette Baker, of Davenport.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 16, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has reached a settlement with a Florida operation resolving allegations the company and its owner violated the Consumer Fraud Act by sending mailers that appeared to be from government agencies to Iowans in an attempt to sell unnecessary documents.

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2022) — Bradley University has joined the group of doctoral/professional universities from across the country in the latest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2022) — United Way hopes to help close COVID-related gaps in youth literacy by connecting hundreds of volunteers with students across the Quad Cities for weekly one-on-one reading sessions.

United Way launched Read United QC, a community-wide awareness and action campaign to help 500 pre-school-to-third-grade struggling readers to get the skills they need to succeed in school and life.