AMES, IOWA (March 30, 2021) — Iowans for Adoption, a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is pleased to announce its first-ever virtual Gingerbread Run (5K) or Move for Adoption event for the entire month of April. The event will help raise awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April and National Foster Care Month in May.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 30, 2021) — Join us in learning how to practically care for and preserve materials at home with tips and tricks from the staff of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center. Each workshop will showcase different techniques and share applicable knowledge on creating tools and demonstrating methods of preservation for photographs, letters, books, and more.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 30, 2021) — Jack Lynn of Bettendorf, Iowa, is one of two University of Iowa students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars, the 59th and 60th Goldwater scholars, respectively, in school history.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 30, 2021) Calling all movie fanatics! Before you watch the award show, brush up on your Oscar trivia with us on Monday, April 19, 6:30PM! All questions will be based on who won an Oscar or what movie won an Oscar. You can play alone or you can form a team. Trivia will be played on Zoom.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 29, 2021) Why have seven of Davenport’s fifteen worst floods occurred in the last twelve years? On Saturday, April 17, 11AM, join our ALA-funded panel of experts as they view climate change through the lens of worsening local Mississippi River flooding.

DES MOINES, Iowa (March 29, 2021) — The Iowa Department of Revenue has extended the filing and payment deadline to June 1, 2021 for 2020 individual income-tax returns and first-quarter estimated income-tax payments for individuals from the April 30, 2021 statutory deadline.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 29, 2021) Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE virtual workshop for anyone impacted by cancer on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 6-7:30PM, via Zoom.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 29, 2021) — In recognition of “Vietnam War Veterans Day” the Vietnam Veterans of America Q.C. Chapter 299 announces the following 2021 scholarship recipients:

1.     Boyoung Shim, formerly of the United States Army and currently with the US Army Reserves, Trinity School of Nursing

2.     Joseph Montalvo formerly with the United States Coast Guard, Black Hawk College

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 29, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate sent a letter to US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today asking her to respect Iowa’s bipartisan election and recount process, State of Iowa law, and the official state certification of Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ election as US House representative for Iowa’s Second Congressional District.

The text of the letter is below:

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