DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 4, 2025) Recent federal budget changes put Quad Cities nonprofits and the families they serve at serious risk. In response, the Association of Fundraising Professionals Quad Cities Chapter and Wastyn and Associates are launching OneTable QC, a regional, nonpartisan campaign to raise awareness, strengthen alliances, and drive action.

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (September 4, 2025) Come to our FIRST EVER Breakfast with the Rhino! Enjoy a Rhino-sized breakfast and learn about chubby unicorns and the plight they face in the wild. All five species of rhinos face extinction with three species being critically endangered and 2 subspecies having gone extinct since 2011. Learn what you can do to help save these powerful pachyderms!

Micah Hyde 2025 ANF Wall of Honoree

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 4, 2025)  With the first full week of the college football season on the horizon, Iowa Farm Bureau and University of Iowa are offering Hawkeye fans a chance to win four tickets and on-field sideline access to the America Needs Farmers (ANF) game on October 18 against Penn State University.

In 2023, Preston Rousey, Caden Stasko, and Reed Wilson were the first graduates of Monmouth's engineering program

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 4, 2025) Monmouth College's engineering program has achieved a major milestone - official accreditation by ABET, the global standard in engineering and technology education — marking a significant moment for both the college and its STEM ambitions.

WINDHAM, NEW YORK (September 4, 2025) — The Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) hosted a one-day Warriors in Motion® (WIM) golf event at Windham Golf Club on Wednesday, September 3.

Nine veterans traveled to Windham and met at the golf club at 9:30AM. ASF staff and Windham Golf Club professional Jesse Muller welcomed the warriors and led them to the driving range, where they had a chance to loosen up, work on their swings, and gauge the distance each club provides.

MUSCATINE, IOWA (September 4, 2025) — One in five people in the US are diagnosed with a mental-health condition each year. Research indicates people with mental-health conditions are more able to recover fully if they are supported at home. NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley will offer two free, nationally-developed mental-health education programs in Muscatine to provide important information to family members and friends of people living with a mental-health condition.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 4, 2025) — The Downtown Bettendorf Organization (DBO) celebrated the completion of a new mural, Arches, by artist William Gustafson with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 312 17th Street in Downtown Bettendorf.

The mural depicts the evolution of Bettendorf’s past, present, and future through a series of arches.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (September 4, 2025) — The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) hosted the Annual Grassroots Summit on Wednesday, September 3, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa. During the Iowa Corn Grassroots Summit, a group of over 130 farmer-member delegates from across the state voiced opinions and thoughts on legislative priorities and policies, setting the direction for state and federal policy priorities for the coming year.

Students in Cedarville University's Doctor of Pharmacy program work on measuring pharmacy prescriptions in its laboratory

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