ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 4, 2020) — The Reverend Melinda Pupillo has accepted the position of Campus Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life following Rev Richard Priggie’s retirement after 21 years at Augustana. She is currently ending her service as Pastor of Holden Village, a remote Lutheran Christian retreat center in Washington’s Cascade Mountains.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 3, 2020) — For 17 years, Midwest Hope and Healing offered encouragement and comfort to more than 3,800 breast cancer patients with the distribution of their signature healing baskets. Through the generosity of donors, Midwest Hope and Healing established a grantmaking fund at The Moline Foundation to continue their legacy of caring for those newly-diagnosed.

MEQUON, WISCONSIN (August 3, 2020) — Concordia University Wisconsin officials have released the Spring Honors List for the 2019-2020 academic year. To be eligible for the honor, students must achieve a minimum 3.60 GPA and complete at least 12 undergraduate credits.Among the area students named to the list were:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, CLASS YEAR, MAJOR(S)

Clinton, IA

Eric Pool, Senior, Comp Sci-Computer Science

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 30, 2020) — Effective today, Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg has been selected to again chair the Midwest Region on the National Lieutenant Governors Association’s (NLGA) Executive Committee, becoming one of four regional chairs of the association. He previously served on the NLGA Executive Committee from July 2018 to July 2019, and chair of the midwest region beginning July of 2019.