06 Jun 2025

Call for Artists: Alternating Currents Mural Fest Returns with $5,000 Artist Stipends and Five New Downtown Walls

By Jennifer Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 6, 2025) — Alternating Currents (AC) and Quad City Arts are now accepting qualifications from artists and muralists for the 2025 Alternating Currents Mural Fest, a vibrant public-art initiative bringing large-scale murals to downtown Davenport, Bettendorf, and Rock Island this August. Five artists or artist teams will be selected to create murals on five separate walls, each receiving a $5,000 stipend for their work.

05 Jun 2025

As Golden Scots Make Way Back to Campus, Monmouth College's Waid Gymnasium Celebrates 100 Years

By Barry McNamara

Waid Gymnasium, as it appeared in 1934

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2025) — Monmouth College will soon be looking back fifty years as it hosts a golden anniversary reunion of its Class of 1975. Part of the annual Golden Scots Celebration, which brings alumni back to campus from 45 years ago and beyond, the reunion will take place June 5-8.

05 Jun 2025

I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa Celebrates the Life and Mourns the Loss of Dr Hal S Chase, Esteemed Historian and Champion of African American History

By Merit Pages

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 5, 2025) — I’ll Make Me a World in Iowa, Iowa’s African American Festival, joins countless others in mourning the tragic passing of Dr. Hal S. Chase, a respected historian, educator, and longtime advocate for African American history in Iowa. Dr Chase died in a car accident on May 22.

05 Jun 2025

Michael Kintigh of Eldridge, Iowa, Named to Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO)'s Spring 2025 Dean's List

By Tess Rainey

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI (June 5, 2025) — Southeast Missouri State University has announced its Dean's List for undergraduate academic achievement during the spring 2025 semester.

05 Jun 2025

Indivisible QC Joins National No Kings Protest

By Bradley A Levinson

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2025) — No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. Indivisible QC is taking action to reject authoritarianism — and show the world what democracy really looks like. On June 14, we are protesting — to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.

Visit nokings.org for more.

WHAT: No Kings Protest, Speakers, Canned Food Drive

WHO: Indivisible QC partnered with local Iowa and Illinois 50501

05 Jun 2025

West Texas A&M University to Offer Half-Off Enrollment Discount to Region 16 Educators

By Chip Chandler

CANYON, TEXAS (June 5, 2025) — Educators at all school districts within the 

05 Jun 2025

Second Saturdays on Second Ave Brings New Vibe to Downtown Rock Island

By Jennifer Walker

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2025) — The Rock Island Downtown Alliance is excited to announce plans for 2nd Saturdays on 2nd Ave during QC Farmers’ Market hours (8AM-12PM) on the second Saturday of each month, June through October.

05 Jun 2025

WQPT PBS Responds to White House Attempt to Defund Public Media

By WQPT PBS

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2025) — The White House submitted a formal request to Congress to eliminate $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports more than 1,500 public-media stations across the country. This includes your local Quad City station, WQPT PBS.

05 Jun 2025

Iowa Farmers Supply Corn for Return of Yield of Dreams Beer

By Sydney Garrett

JOHNSTON, IOWA (June 5, 2025) — Yield of Dreams, a lager brewed with corn from across Iowa, is returning with hopes of making an even bigger splash.

05 Jun 2025

Austin Williams of Davenport, Iowa, Elected to Membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

By Alyssa Papa

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (June 5, 2025) — Austin Williams of Davenport, Iowa, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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