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.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 21, 2026) — Des Moines University Clinic's website, dmuclinic.org, has earned a bronze award in the Health Information Resource Center's Digital Health Awards.

The HIRC is a national information clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields.

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.

SEWARD, NEBRASKA (January 20, 2026) — Gretchen Hoft of Eldridge, Iowa, was one of 267 Concordia University — Nebraska students recently named to the honors list for the Fall 2025 semester.

Students must earn a 3.90 GPA or higher while also completing a minimum of twelve credit hours to be eligible for this list.

About Concordia University, Nebraska

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 Athletics is pleased to announce the addition of women's flag football as the department's newest intercollegiate athletic opportunity.

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.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN (January 15, 2026) — Will Norwood of Bettendorf (52722) has been named to the Kalamazoo College Fall 2025 Dean's List.

Dean's List recognition is earned with a grade-point average of 3.5 or better.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 14, 2026) — An art exhibit originally slated to be installed in downtown Monmouth is instead currently on display in the Len G Everett Gallery on the upper level of Hewes Library on the Monmouth College campus.

"We're happy that we were able to provide our gallery space for this exhibition while the Buchanan Center for the Arts is under construction," said Monmouth art professor Stacy Lotz.

STORM LAKE, IOWA (January 14, 2026) Ashley Graves graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Buena Vista University (BVU) in Fall 2025.

Graves was among more than 140 students who received degrees.

About Buena Vista University

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