30 Sep 2021

QC Libraries' Teen Video Contest

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 30, 2021) — Teens between the ages of 11-19 are invited to show off their creativity and filmmaking skills by creating videos for the QC Libraries' Annual Teen Video Contest! Two grand prizes of $100 Visa gift cards will be awarded to winning videos in each category: Short Form Video (30-60 seconds) and Long Form Video (3-5 minutes). Videos must be submitted by October 31, 2021.

30 Sep 2021

Not So Scary Halloween Walk/Quad City Botanical Center

By Quad City Botanical Center

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 30, 2021) — Dress up your little ghosts and goblins for our sixth annual Not So Scary Halloween Walk.

30 Sep 2021

QC Libraries' Teen Reading Challenge

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 30, 2021) — Teen readers (ages 11-19) are invited to take part in this annual teen challenge to see which QC Libraries' teens can read the most during the month of October!

Every QC teen reader who reads for at least 1,000 minutes will be entered into a grand prize drawing to win a $100 Visa gift card!

30 Sep 2021

Iowa Poetry Association Announces Release of Its 76th Annual Anthology "Lyrical Iowa 2021"

By Marilyn J Baszczynski

IOWA CITY, IOWA (September 30, 2021) — The past year brought change, fear, shortages, loss, deaths, masks, social distancing, quarantines, isolation, numbers, protests, political upheavals, derechos, fires, freezes, online schools, Zoom meetings and learning how to live through the superlatives of countless unknowns. However, many Iowans found solace in writing, according to Lyrical Iowa Editor Marilyn Baszczynski.

30 Sep 2021

Davenport's Pavane Gorrepati: Medical Student Pens Children's Book to Help Fight Skin Stigma

By Rick Klatt

In 2019, UI medical student Pavane Gorrepati (center) worked with Daily Iowan editors Katelyn Weisbrod (left) and Gage Miskimen (right) to launch "The Doctor Is In" column. Since then, Gorrepati has written a book to help kids understand alopecia

IOWA CITY, IOWA (September 30, 2021) — The following first appeared in the Iowa Magazine on September 16, 2021. It was written by Katie Linder.

29 Sep 2021

Iowa Firefighters to be Honored Among the Fallen at National Memorial Service on October 3

By Donna Clark

EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND (September 29, 2021) — America’s fallen fire heroes, who died in the line of duty, will be honored at the 40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, October 2-3, 2021. The names of 215 firefighters will become a permanent part of the National Memorial in honor of their sacrifices.

29 Sep 2021

What's in a Nickname? Monmouth College Alum Pio Discovers a Lot in Book about D3 Schools

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 29, 2021) — A former Fighting Scot who also coached the Prairie Fire and has children who are a Kohawk and a Ram has written the definitive book on D3 nicknames.

29 Sep 2021

International Ghanaian Dummer and Composer Paa Kow at The Redstone Room on October 7

By Tyson Danner

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 29, 2021) — Thursday, October 7, 7:30PM, River Music Experience and Quad City Arts will present a free concert by the internationally-recognized drummer and composer Paa Kow (pronounced “Pah-Ko”) in the Redstone Room at 129 N Main Street, Davenport.

29 Sep 2021

Iowa Finance Authority Awards more than $13.2 Million in Federal Housing Tax Credits for the Construction of Nearly 700 Rental Homes

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 29, 2021) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently awarded a total of more than $13.2 million in federal housing tax credits to support the construction of 699 rental homes for Iowans. The eighteen rental housing projects are located in Boone, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Council Bluffs, DeWitt, Grinnell, Johnston, Marion, Marshalltown, Shenandoah and West Des Moines.

29 Sep 2021

CareSource Announces Plans to Bid to Serve Iowa's Medicaid Population

By Joseph Kelley

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 29, 2021) — CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit managed care organization, is announcing its intention to submit a proposal to serve Iowans covered by Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In May, the Iowa Department of Human Services announced its intention to release a request for proposal (RFP) to procure managed care organizations (MCOs) to provide care through the Iowa Health Link Medicaid program.

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