BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 21, 2026) — The Bettendorf Community School District is now accepting preschool applications for the 2026-2027 school year.

If your child will be four years old on or before September 15, 2026, he/she is eligible to participate.

Funding provided by the State of Iowa in support of the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program allows us to place children four years of age in local preschool programs.

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS (January 20, 2026) — Nearly 200 Angelo State University student-athletes, including Chase Becker of Bettendorf, Iowa, have been named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for their academic achievement during the fall 2025 semester.

OXFORD, OHIO (January 19, 2026) — Isabella Moore was named to the Dean's list at Miami University for the 2025 fall semester.

Miami University students who are ranked in the top twenty percent of undergraduate students within their division for the 2025 spring semester have been named to the Dean's list recognizing academic performance.

Congratulations to Moore from Bettendorf, Iowa, for this academic achievement.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2026) — Knox College's Etz Family Institute for Civic Leadership and Dialogue will host an evening discussion with Robert P George and Cornel West (below). West is a progressive philosopher, social activist, and public intellectual, and the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.