CLINTON, IOWA (October 14, 2021) — Don DoucetteChancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), will retire on July 1, 2022, at the end of his current employment contract. Doucette has served as chancellor since July 2011. The EICC Board of Trustees plans to conduct a national search for his successor.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 14, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is conducting a series of meetings in eastern Iowa October 12-14 to promote Safe at Home, an address confidentiality program that provides protection for survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, stalking, and assault. The meetings coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is held annually in October.

DES MOINES, Iowa (October 14, 2021) — The following local students graduated from Drake University at the end of the spring 2021 semester.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR(S)

Bettendorf, IA

Meghan Dixon, Bachelor of Science, Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied

Le Claire, IA

Lindsey Swanson, Master of Business Administration, Business Administration

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (October 14, 2021) — Morgan Galloway, a native of Muscatine, Iowa, and graduate of Muscatine High School, will compete for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's swimming and diving team during the 2021-22 season, which begins this Saturday.

FAYETTE, IOWA (October 14, 2021) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its July 2021 graduates. The honored students included:

Davenport, IA Jazmynn Arensdorf, Human Resources Mgmt Emphasis major;

JOHNSTON, IOWA (October 13, 2021) — Join Iowa PBS virtually on Tuesday, November 9, 7PM, for a Pop-Up Film Series event featuring Iowa's Wild Weather: Drought. This new program from Iowa PBS examines the struggles Iowans have faced as drought conditions dry up rural life and the opportunities that go along with it.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 13, 2021) — The Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources today announced a water tower contest that challenges Iowa communities to show-off their hometown pride in a short video for a chance to win a one-of-a-kind water tower design by Iowa artist Laura Palmer as well as design installation.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 13, 2021) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has signed an agreement with University of Iowa Health Care to develop a comprehensive, statewide opioid treatment program using $3.8 million in settlement funds.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 13, 2021) – The Iowa Department of Revenue has finalized individual income-tax brackets and individual income-tax standard deduction-amounts for the 2022 tax-year (applicable for taxes due in 2023) and the 2022 interest-rate, which the agency charges for overdue payments.

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