WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (May 4, 2026) — Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences honored 48 individuals, including thirteen veterans, at this year's Body Donation Remembrance Ceremony. The annual service took place at 10:30AM, Saturday, May 2, in the Olsen Center at the DMU 32 Health and Business Complex in Des Moines.

DMU faculty, staff, students, and families gathered to remember those who generously donated their bodies to advance medical education.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 4, 2026) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced the recipients of $856,327 in scholarship awards, the largest total dollars awarded in the organization’s sixty-plus-year history. The awards are made possible by the generosity of donors to scholarship funds at the Community Foundation.

“Behind every scholarship is a personal motivation,” said Sue Hafkemeyer, President and CEO of the Community Foundation.

FAYETTE, IOWA (April 30, 2026) — Upper Iowa University (UIU) is proud to announce Jeanie Vaudt, District Court Judge for Iowa's 5C Judicial District in Polk County, Iowa, will deliver the keynote address during the University's 2026 commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 9.

Justin Swearinger will direct the Monmouth College Wind Ensemble concert during its May 2 concert, and he also oversees The Jammers, who will perform as part of the May 3 event

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 29, 2026) — April rehearsals bring May concerts — four of them on the Monmouth College campus from May 1-5, to be exact.