BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 18, 2026) — Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency and the Regional Office of Education will host a Teacher Job Fair on Monday, March 2, 3:30-5PM, at the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, 729 21st Street, Bettendorf, Iowa.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 17, 2026) — A festival of new plays will be showcased at Monmouth College February 20-22, as student playwrights and directors are featured in "Breaking Ground."

The production, which features four short plays written by Monmouth students, will be staged in the Hewes Library Studio Theatre. Monmouth theatre professor Vanessa Campagna is overseeing it all.

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (February 16, 2026) — Sarah Prigge from Port Byron, Illinois, earned a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at winter commencement, held December 13, 2025.

Students crossed the stage to receive their degrees at the ceremony, held at Kachel Fieldhouse in the Williams Center.

Prigge graduated Summa Cum Laude with the following degree: Psychology — BS.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2026) — In 1969, before he was even born, eventual Monmouth College graduate Dave Mann lost his father in the Vietnam War.

Fifty-six years later, Mann visited the site of his father's death at Dak To through the 2 Sides Project.