MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 28, 2026) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 4PM, to celebrate the opening of The Bleu R&B Lounge.

Located at 419 15th St in downtown Moline, The Bleu R&B Lounge is a new thirty-and-up destination created to give the Quad Cities a mature and sophisticated place to enjoy music, nightlife, and community.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (August 28, 2026) — After several years of significant growth and change, this academic year the University of Dubuque (UD) implemented a recalibrated Office of Academic Affairs structure that will enhance both longstanding and new programs. The recalibration moved UD from one seminary, one college, and seventeen departments to one seminary, two colleges, and five schools.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 27, 2026) — This year's matriculation ceremony at Monmouth College was a new experience, in many more ways than one.

For starters, it was held inside the college's air-conditioned Dahl Chapel on a Tuesday morning, rather than outside in front of Wallace Hall on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon.

So many questions

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (August 27, 2026) — A new paper published in "Frontiers in Allergy," an international peer-reviewed research journal, explores the significant gap in clinical decision-making regarding which food allergy patients are most likely to benefit from specific allergy treatments and at what level of risk.