03 Mar 2020

Iowa’s High School Graduation Rate Reaches Record High of 91.6 Percent

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 3, 2020) — Iowa’s high-school graduation-rate climbed to a record high of 91.6 percent in 2019, continuing a trend of long-term growth across nearly all groups of students, including those from diverse backgrounds, according to new data from the Iowa Department of Education. 

02 Mar 2020

Ascentra Credit Union Foundation Presents $50K Grant to Help Fund Girl Scouts Outreach Program

By Barry Shaw

BETTENDORF, IOWA (March 2, 2020) — Nearly 2,000 girl’s lives are being changed through a new Girl Scouts community-outreach program. This program directly supports at-risk girls in the underserved areas of Moline, Rock Island, Davenport, and Muscatine by building courage, confidence, and character through a Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

02 Mar 2020

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Grassley Receives National MS Society Senator of the Year Award

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (March 2, 2020) — Prepared Remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee, National MS Society Conference:

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Thanks for having me. It’s an honor to be given your Senator of the Year award.

Multiple Sclerosis is an unpredictable disease.

According to the experts here at the National MS Society, there are nearly 1 million people living with MS in the United States.

02 Mar 2020

Frankly Speaking about Cancer: Treatments and Side Effects

By Kelly Craft

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March, 2020) — Gilda’s Club Quad Cities will host Frankly Speaking about Cancer: Treatments and Side Effects, a free workshop for people living with cancer and their loved ones. Designed to help people understand and manage the physical and psychological side effects of treatment, the two-hour workshop will take place on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 5:30-7:30PM, at Gilda’s Club Quad Cities — 1234 E River Drive. Dinner and doors open at 5:30PM; presentation starts at 6PM.

02 Mar 2020

Free Creative Sessions Return to the Muscatine Art Center

By Lynn Bartenhagen

MUSCATINE, IOWA (March 2, 2020) — Living Proof Exhibit is a non-profit that provides the therapeutic benefits of the arts to cancer patients, survivors, families, and caregivers. The Muscatine Art Center and Living Proof Exhibit begin its partnership in 2017. The partnership has grown with the Muscatine Art Center hosting the fall 2019 juried exhibition, “A Visualization of Hope”, with the works of over 30 cancer survivors represented.

02 Mar 2020

Instead of "Tax Holidays," How About Real Tax Cuts?

By Thomas L Knapp

Writing at the Florida Politics blog, AG Gancarski reports on three sales-tax "holiday" bills working their way through the state's legislature. Two of the bills would lengthen existing holidays on school supplies and storm-preparedness products. The third would expand the holiday habit to hunting and fishing items. According to the Sales Tax Institute, at least 16 states have sales-tax holidays scheduled this year on goods ranging from clothing to school supplies to generators to guns.

02 Mar 2020

Summer Gardens and a Touch of Switzerland

By Quad City Botanical Center

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 28, 2020) — The Quad City Botanical Center and Rock Island Parks and Recreation are partnering to offer a unique day trip on June 18, 2020.

28 Feb 2020

Gov Kim Reynolds, Lt Gov Adam Gregg Release Public Schedules

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES– Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg released their public schedules for the week of Monday, March 2, 2020-Sunday, March 8, 2020. 

The following events are open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Monday, March 2, 2020

Gov Reynolds attends Iowa Rally for Life

Iowa State Capitol

Rotunda

Des Moines, IA 

12PM

 

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

28 Feb 2020

EPA Announces Development of Water Reuse Action Plan

By EPA Region 7 Office of Public Affairs

LENEXA, KANSAS (February 28, 2020) — At a water-reuse workshop in San Francisco, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the development of a Water Reuse Action Plan that will leverage the expertise of both industry and government to ensure the effective use of the Nation’s water resources.

28 Feb 2020

The Black Box Theatre Presents Jeffrey Hatcher’s "Turn of The Screw" in March

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 28, 2020) — The Black Box Theatre presents Jeffrey Hatcher’s Turn of the Screw March 26 through April 5.  Based on the Henry James book, it is a tale of suspense, horror, and repressed sexuality. A governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently-orphaned children. However, she is not their first governess.

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