DES MOINES, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its second-quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2021. The report measures member expectations for sales, capital spending and employment for the next six months. If the index measures above fifty, sentiment is positive. The second-quarter survey's overall economic outlook index is 67.08.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (July 8, 2021) — Anania Williams, a native of Davenport, Iowa (52803), has been named to Emerson College's Dean's List for the Spring 2021 semester. Williams is majoring in Musical Theatre and is a member of the Class of 2022. The requirement to make Emerson's Dean's List is a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher.

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DES MOINES, IOWA (July 8, 2021) Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a coalition of 37 attorneys-general to file a lawsuit against Google in California. Utah v Google alleges exclusionary conduct relating to the Google Play Store for Android mobile-devices and Google Billing.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 8, 2021) — Lewis Gould, a retired visiting distinguished professor of history at Monmouth College, has been named the inaugural recipient of an award that recognizes distinguished contributions to research and education about America's first ladies.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (July 8, 2021) — Gilda’s Club Quad Cities will host Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Immunotherapy — a free workshop designed for individuals considering immunotherapy treatments. It will cover immunotherapy today, the immune system and cancer, the different types of cancer immunotherapy, the importance of immunotherapy, as well as the eligibility requirements for immunotherapy treatment, the side effects of treatment, and resources for support.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — The FRIENDS of the Davenport Public Library Bookstore at the Eastern Ave Library (6000 Eastern Ave) will be holding a buy one get one free sale on Saturday, July 24, 10AM-1PM. Plus, all items at the Eastern Ave Bookstore will be 50 cents, and under that day only, with special items for sale, including over 500 comic books at $1.00 each, or 20 for $10, and many beautiful book sets.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — United Way Quad Cities has named Mara Downing, vice president of global brand and communications, John Deere, as its new Board of Directors chair.

A native of the Quad Cities, Downing has served on the board since 2018, and, as a 2020 Community Campaign Tri-Chair, helped raise $7,133,520, which surpassed the 2019 total.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — The Davenport Public Library is excited to welcome Rosaria Munda to a Virtual Author Visit for the Teen Online Book Club on July 22, 10AM, on Zoom! Registration is required to attend the event: https://bit.ly/teenvirtualauthorvisitfireborne.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — After a postponement of the series opener last night, the Quad Cities River Bandits took one of two games from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Wednesday, as they were walked off 8-7 in game one and then took game two 2-1 at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 7, 2021) — To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was released on July 11, 1960. Join us Wednesday, July 21, 6:30PM, at Eastern (6000 Eastern Ave) or on Zoom for a book discussion and talk about the book's lasting impact.

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