DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 21, 2021) — Many Quad Citians who know of the Black Hawk War of 1832 may assume that the Sauk and Meskwaki people were forced far to the West after the war. While these tribal nations did sustain massive land losses after the war, Native people remained in the area for years, and of these, a significant number--many of them women--pursued land claims as individuals. Join us Thursday, November 4, 6:30PM, at Fairmount St (3000 N.

ADEL, IOWA (October 21, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday, October 21, two new programs to help combat Iowa’s workforce-shortage: A new grant program to promote workforce-innovation in the manufacturing sector and a new re-employment case-management system to refocus Iowa’s unemployment system on rapid reemployment.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 21, 2021) — Main Street Baseball LCC, majority owner and Managing Partner of the Quad Cities River Bandits and the Wilmington Blue Rocks, had its two affiliated minor-league teams rank in the top five of Stadium Journey’s 2021 High-A Baseball Gameday Experience Rankings.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 21, 2021) — Meghan Dixon of Bettendorf, Iowa, was conferred a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree by Mercy College of Health Sciences, 928 6th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa on August 18, 2021.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (October 21, 2021) — Join Figge educator, Kelsey Vandercoy, for an in-person talk all about Haitian art on Saturday, November 6, 3PM, at Eastern Ave (6000 Eastern Ave). The Figge Art Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of Haitian art outside of Haiti itself. Vandercoy will give a brief presentation about the basics of Haitian art and why the Figge has so much of it, followed by a hands-on art activity related to the lesson.

WAVERLY, IOWA (October 21, 2021) — Wartburg College alumnus Austin Thompson of Port Byron, Illinois, has been awarded a Dr George and Emma J Torrison Scholarship for students pursuing medical careers.

Monmouth College's Class of 2020 is pictured at their matriculation ceremony on Wallace Hall Plaza in 2016.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 20, 2021) — Two of the biggest weekends at Monmouth College each year are Homecoming and Commencement.

This year those major events will happen on the same weekend.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 20, 2021) — The Iowa Restaurant Association and The Soyfoods Council challenged four Iowa chefs to create consumer-friendly recipes using soy. Each made an original salad dressing, featuring Mori-Nu soft silken tofu as the base. The recipes are featured in a series of Youtube videos where viewers are invited into the chefs’ kitchens to see how the dressing are made, as well as to hear about the flavor profiles and health considerations. 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 20, 2021) – This weekend the Storm returns to action for its first road game of the season on Friday and Youth Jersey Night at the TaxSlayer Center Saturday at 7:10PM.

Friday the Storm travel to Evansville to matchup with the Thunderbolts for the third time this season. The T-Bolts beat the Storm on opening night and snuck out a shootout victory last Saturday.

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