DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 13, 2021) Registration for the upcoming school year for Stepping Stones, a Davenport-based after-school program, will open at 8AM, Monday, July 19. Registration will be conducted online only at http://www.davenportschools.org/steppingstones.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 12, 2021) — Secretary of State Paul Pate announces Iowans registered the highest amount of new business entities in state history during the 2021 fiscal year. 33,260 new businesses registered with the Secretary of State’s Office between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.

CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS (July 9, 2021) — Blackburn College has announced its Dean's List for the spring 2021 semester. Students named to the Dean's list must earn a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher for the semester.

Area students include:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME

Andover, IL

Gabe McHugh

Morrison, IL

Dana Anderson

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (July 9, 2021) — The following individuals from your area have been named to the Dean's List at the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee for the Spring 2021 semester. UWM is the second largest university in the State of Wisconsin, with more than 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, PROGRAM

Moline, IL

Luis Portillo, Letters & Science Undergrad

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 9, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds has requested $222 million in pandemic relief from the American Rescue Package of 2021 (ARPA) that will allow 930 city governments to access federal funding starting today. The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund will provide $19.53 billion nationally to support tens of thousands of non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs), which are local governments typically serving a population under 50,000.

 

APPLETON, WISCONSIN (July 9, 2021) — The Quad Cities River Bandits were held to just two hits and one run of offense on Thursday, as they fell to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers by a score of 4-1 at Neuroscience Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

OXFORD, OHIO (July 8, 2021) — Miami University students who are ranked in the top twenty percent of undergraduate students within each division for second semester 2020-21 have been named to the Dean's list recognizing academic excellence.

Madison Wells of Bettendorf, IA (52722) is earning a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance

EMPORIA, KANSAS (July 8, 2021) — Annette K F Putnam of Davenport, Iowa, graduated from Emporia State University in May 2021.

Putnam earned a Master of Arts degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

About Emporia State University

SPENCER, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association (ISETA), a trade association serving Iowa’s solar energy industry, announced that Genie Maybanks will be its first-ever Executive Director.

WHEATON, ILLINOIS (July 8, 2021) — The following students in your coverage area received Dean's List honors at Wheaton College:

Sarah Danielson of Bettendorf (52722)

Emilie Gist of Bettendorf (52722)

Adam Parcel of Davenport (52804)

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