DES MOINES, IOWA (May 3, 2024) — HF 2568 has been signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds in a ceremony at the Iowa Statehouse. The bill was championed by the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, AARP Iowa, researchers at the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, and bike shops and clubs across Iowa. It extends critical protections to benefit everyone who uses crosswalks, including all forms of pedestrians, cyclists, and people using any other mobility device or personal conveyance.

The cast of Timber Lake Playhouse's Junie B Jones, The Musical rehearses a number from the show. Junie B Jones, The Musical runs May 7 through May 11, 10AM and 1PM at the Playhouse. Cast from left: Nadia Rawlins, Michael Robert Krebs, Tori Tiernan, Zeb Fulcher, Mikayla Cohen, and Caden Lohr

FOREST CITY, IOWA (May 2, 2024) — Are you as excited as we are for our big day on Saturday, May 4, at the Boman Fine Arts Center 225 John K Hanson Dr, Forest City, Iowa? Are you coming to the Iowa Oscars? We hope so.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 2, 2024) — Vibrant designs proposed for two large-scale wall murals in Rock Island’s Arts Alley will be unveiled next week, and the community is invited to participate in the final selection process.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2024) Art has a remarkable ability to bring people together, transform communities, inspire creativity, and foster a sense of identity and pride. Thanks to you, Quad City Arts has been dedicated to creating an art-centric community for over 50 years. 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 1, 2024) — United Way Quad Cities is providing a vision for success to local elementary-school students with the Vision to Learn program, which on Wednesday at Fillmore Elementary School in Davenport celebrated providing glasses to the first 500 students in the Quad Cities.

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 2, 2024) — The Libertarian Party of Iowa is pleased to announce its upcoming Nominating Convention, set to take place on June 8th, 2024, 12-4PM, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars #9127, located at 4029 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines, Iowa, 50310.

AJ Furness ('24) will play a major role in the Monmouth College Jazz Ensemble's concert May 7, and she'll also present a voice recital May 4 and sing May 5 in the spring choral concert

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 30, 2024) In 1969, a young Stevie Wonder performed at Monmouth College. On May 7, Wonder's music will return to campus — although not the artist himself — as part of the Jazz Ensemble's semester-ending concert, titled "A Jazz Spring."

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 30, 2024) — Augustana College's John Deere Planetarium will be open to the public on Saturday night, May 11, for the annual Spring Open House for an evening of stargazing and space shows.

The planetarium, located at 820 38th St, will be open 8:30-10PM, with indoor and outdoor programs led by planetarium director Dr Lee Carkner. Admission is free.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (April 30, 2024) Got painful bunions? Kelly John DPM MHA FACFAS DABPM, a podiatric physician at the Des Moines University Clinic — Foot and Ankle, can help: She is a Lapiplasty Centurion surgeon, meaning she has completed more than 100 Lapiplasty 3D bunion-correction procedures. She achieved this status in January 2022 and has since doubled that case volume to more than 200 Lapiplasty cases.

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