FAYETTE, IOWA (May 11, 2020) — "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary people," Upper Iowa University (UIU) alumnus Neil Wilkinson ('99) said as he addressed UIU's 2020 graduates during the University's first virtual commencement ceremonies on Saturday. "Time after time, I hear of the remarkable achievements and accounts from this class and how you have triumphed over adversity. It's time that you unleash your talents, ambition and curiosity upon this great world."

SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA (May 8, 2020) — Katherine Marr of Rock Island, Illinois, was among the 55 University of Scranton students inducted into Upsilon Phi Delta, the national honor society for graduate and undergraduate students in health-care administration programs. Students must have a minimum overall grade-point average of 3.5 for induction. The University's chapter of the honor society was established in 2002.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 8, 2020) — Representative Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the US Department of Health and Human Services announced an additional round of grants for health centers located across Iowa’s Second Congressional District. These grants are specifically targeted to help expand testing for COVID-19 in their communities. Details are below.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 8, 2020) — The Sentry Insurance Foundation announced today it is donating $50,000 to United Way of the Quad Cities in Bettendorf, Iowa, as part of a $1.07 million commitment to organizations across the country for coronavirus relief support.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 8, 2020) — Goodwill of the Heartland will open eleven of its Iowa retail locations for donation acceptance only on Monday, May 11. Locations include its three Cedar Rapids stores, Marion, Iowa City, Coralville, Washington, Muscatine, Bettendorf, Davenport, and Burlington. These eleven stores will then open to shoppers on Friday, May 15. Hours of operation for donating and shopping will be reduced to Monday–Saturday, 11AM-6PM, and Sunday, 12–5PM, until fur

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 8, 2020) — On behalf of the Quad Cities business community, Chamber President and CEO Paul Rumler sent letters this week to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds asking them to work together to provide a consistent strategy to reopen our bi-state regional economy at the same time. View the letter to the governors.

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WASHINGTON DC (May 8, 2020) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meat-packing facilities across the United States.

WASHINGTON DC (May 8, 2020) — Today, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with the option of using home-collected saliva samples for COVID-19 testing.

On May 3, a group of around 60 mercenaries attempted an amphibious landing at Macuto, on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. They were quickly defeated and 13 of them — including two Americans, Airan Berry and Luke Denman — captured. US president Donald Trump has denied any association with, knowledge of, or involvement in the affair on the part of the US government.

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