DES MOINES, IOWA (May 14, 2020) — The Iowa Credit Union Foundation (ICUF) recently awarded scholarships to eight high-school students and four post-high-school students as recipients of its Warren A Morrow Memorial Scholarship.

This annual scholarship program is in memory of the late Warren Morrow and is open to credit union members pursuing or completing post-secondary education.

This year's post-high school recipients are:

BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 14, 2020) — The United Way Quad Cities is seeking proposals for grants for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, which received $319,030 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 13, 2020) — Small business optimism took another dive in April, falling 5.5 points to 90.9, with owners expressing certainty the economy will weaken in the near-term, but expecting it to improve over the next six months. The Optimism Index has fallen 13.6 points over the last two months, with nine of 10 Index components declining in April and one improving.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 13, 2020) — Due to interest in QC Life in The New Normal Writing Project, we’ve added another round of entries — June 30 is the deadline for Phase Two. You may submit pieces even if you’ve already participated in Phase One.

As before, send us your diary entries, essays, or poems to tell us what it's like in your home and your hometown.