20 Jul 2020

Davenport Civil Rights Commission Special Meeting on Policing Reform

By Latrice Lacey

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 20, 2020) — On August 1, 2020 at 10AM, the Davenport Civil Rights Commission will host a special meeting on Zoom inviting the community to discuss efforts to make the City of Davenport a city of true racial equity.

20 Jul 2020

Test Iowa Clinic Site Opens in Plymouth County

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 20, 2020) — A new Test Iowa clinic site opens today in Plymouth County.

The site is opening in conjunction with Floyd Valley Healthcare and will be located at 714 Lincoln Street NE in LeMars. Testing will be done 1-5PM, Monday through Friday, this week.

20 Jul 2020

Political Parties: Inevitable and Ugly, But Not Entirely Useless

By Thomas L Knapp

George Washington, America's first president, devoted part of his 1796 farewell address to warning against "[t]he alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension." He feared perpetual war for power between political parties both as "a frightful despotism" in and of itself, and as prelude to some future tyrant seeking "his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty."Was Washington right? Sort of.

20 Jul 2020

Upper Iowa University Announces March 2020 Graduates

By Mike Van Sickle

FAYETTE, IOWA (July 20, 2020) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce its March 2020 graduates, followed by their major, degree earned and any respective honors. The graduates included:

Davenport, IA — Jessica Clark, Accounting Emphasis, Master of Business Admin, ;

16 Jul 2020

Monmouth College Makes Adjustments to Fall Events

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 16, 2020) — Monmouth College has made adjustments to several 2020 fall semester events because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 Jul 2020

Quad City Arts' Chalk Art Fest Goes Virtual

By Karie Gilson

 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (July 16, 2020) — Quad City Arts’ 4th Annual Chalk Art Fest will move online this year, as the in-person event that was scheduled to take place August 29-30 in downtown Bettendorf has been canceled. Out of concern for the well-being of the community, the downtown Bettendorf Organization and Quad City Arts have decided not to move forward with the event.

16 Jul 2020

Quad City Area Realtors® Leverages National Association of Realtors (NAR) Grant to Help Revitalize and Repair Damage in Rock Island in Wake of the Recent Racial-Injustice Demonstrations

By Sharon Smith

BETTENDORF, IOWA (July 17, 2020) — The Quad City Area REALTORS® today announced it will leverage a grant it received from the National Association of Realtors to help revitalize and repair damages in Rock Island in the wake of recent racial-injustice demonstrations.

16 Jul 2020

Allison Miller of Princeton, Iowa, among Tigers Named to WGCA All-American Scholar Team

By Mary Dieter

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA (July 16, 2020) — Five members of the DePauw women's golf team were named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. Student-athletes must achieve at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average.

16 Jul 2020

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Sues Stem-Cell Therapy Provider Over Deceptive Claims

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 16, 2020) ― Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is suing an Omaha-based stem-cell therapy-center for allegedly targeting older Iowans with claims to reverse aging and treat, cure, or prevent a variety of medical conditions, including chronic obstructive-pulmonary disease, neuropathy, and Alzheimer’s disease.

16 Jul 2020

Iowa Workforce Development Reports Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Filed for Week of 5-11 July 2020

By Iowa Workforce Development

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 16, 2020) — The number of initial claims in Iowa, filed between Sunday, July 5, and Saturday, July 11, was 11,125. There were 10,369 initial claims by individuals who work and live in Iowa, and 756 claims by individuals who work in Iowa and live in another state. The number of continuing weekly unemployment claims for July 5-11 was 137,036.

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