07 Mar 2022

2022 Rock Island Polar Plunge to Benefit Special Olympics Illinois

By Alexandra McMillin

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 7, 2022) — This winter, the Rock Island community is invited to be bold and get cold by taking the Polar Plunge to support Special Olympics Illinois athletes. The 2022 Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge presented by GEICO in Rock Island will take place at Bally’s Casino, 777 Bally Blvd, Rock Island, Illinois, on Sunday, March 13, 2PM.

04 Mar 2022

Bria Holthe of Muscatine, Iowa, Attends State Conservation Board Meeting

By Denise Lamphier

PELLA, IOWA (March 4, 2022) — Central College environmental studies and biology majors attended the Iowa County Conservation Boards' annual meeting during collegiate day.

04 Mar 2022

Bria Holthe of Muscatine, Iowa, Attends State Conservation Board Meeting

By Denise Lamphier

PELLA, IOWA (March 4, 2022) — Central College environmental studies and biology majors attended the Iowa County Conservation Boards' annual meeting during collegiate day.

04 Mar 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Appointments to Iowa’s Boards and Commissions

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 4, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions.

The following appointments are subject to Senate confirmation:

Accountancy Examining Board

Allen Kockler, Story

Michelle O’Neill, Allamakee

04 Mar 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds Proclaims Day of Prayer for Ukraine

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 4, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation declaring this Sunday, March 6, 2022, as a Day of Prayer for Ukraine in Iowa.

04 Mar 2022

MVBS.org and Crawford Brew Works Partner for Blues 'n' Brews Concert Series to Raise Money for the Blues Education Outreach Program, Blues in the Schools

By Dave Klockau

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 4, 2022) — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society and Crawford Brew Works have partnered to raise money in providing Blues education outreach for area music educators and students.

04 Mar 2022

Carol Pedigo Phoenix's Distinguished Service Honored at Masterworks V

By Quad City Symphony Orchestra

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 4, 2022) — On Saturday, March 5, 2022, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will honor Carol Pedigo Phoenix with the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her 52 years of service as a violinist and associate concertmaster of the QCSO.

03 Mar 2022

Monmouth College's Jennie Nichols Draws on Love of Anime to Place Third Nationally in Contest

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 3, 2022) — Monmouth College art major Jennie Nichols ('23) earned third place in a national Nengajo [New Year's Card] design and drawing competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Japanese.

Her prize-winning work is a four-by-six-inch postcard, designed in a digital version of the traditional Manga [Japanese comics] screen tone black-and-white printed style.

03 Mar 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds, IEDA Award $22 Million in Manufacturing 4.0 Funding

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 3, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) announced that $20 million in Manufacturing 4.0 Workforce Innovation grants have been awarded to 46 companies in Iowa.

03 Mar 2022

Rachel Green of DeWitt, Iowa, Honored by Iowa College Media Association

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IOWA (March 3, 2022) — Rachel Green, of DeWitt, Iowa, was one of more than thirty Wartburg College students and recent graduates honored at the annual Iowa College Media Association ceremony held virtually on Thursday, February 17.

Green earned second place for Best Video Promo or PSA and third place in Best Video Newscast in the television division.

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