PEORIA, ILLINOIS (May 6, 2024)  They poured concrete to lay bricks. They built tiny buildings, repaired diesel engines, and raced the clock and each other to be the best at more than 150 events — and they just might have found their successful career path in the process.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 6, 2024)  The Alzheimer’s Association held their annual Memories in the Making event on Friday, May 3, and raised a record-breaking $48,000 to help fund Alzheimer’s and dementia care, support, and research. Over 225 people attended the event which was held for the first time at the Vibrant Arena at the Mark.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 6, 2024) — River Action will turn out the Centennial Bridge lights at 11PM, on the nights of May 6, 7, and 8 in order to protect birds migrating nocturnally as they pass through the Quad City region. This operation will be conducted by Art-o-Lite/Crawford Company.

Sigourney Weaver and Jim Simpson, who have been married forty years, will speak on the theme of "creative partnership" when they deliver Monmouth College's Commencement address on May 18

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 6, 2024) — Featuring an address by a couple famous for their contributions to stage and screen, Monmouth College will hold its 167th annual Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 18.

BATON ROUGE, LOUSISANA (May 6, 2024) — Emily Danger of Hampton, Illinois, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Danger was initiated at Arkansas State University.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 6, 2024) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced the recipients of $578,600 in scholarship awards. The awards are made possible by the generosity of donors to scholarship funds at the Community Foundation.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (May 3, 2024) — Affordability and accessibility are the top barriers for farmers seeking mental health services, per an American Farm Bureau Federation survey. During May Mental Health Awareness Month, the Iowa Farm Bureau wants to remind farmers support is readily available — and at no cost — through Personal Assistance Services (PAS).

WAVERLY, IOWA (May 3, 2024) — Rachel Green of DeWitt, Iowa, was recognized at the Iowa Broadcast News Association (IBNA)'s annual conference in April.

Green who received third place in Public Affairs.

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IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 3, 2024) — Abbi Shekleton

Hometown: Princeton, Iowa

Degree: Master's degree in speech pathology.

What's next: A yearlong clinical fellowship at UnityPoint Health-St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, followed by full-time position there as a speech-language pathologist.

Treatment for a childhood stutter led Abbi Shekleton to her future professional passion.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (May 3, 2024) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center, through its Illinois Mobile Museum of Tolerance, announced the winners of its 4th annual “Your Voice: Changing the World, One Speech at a Time” contest. The competition, which was open to students between sixth to twelfth grades, challenged participants to craft a three-minute, 450-word essay based on Simon Wiesenthal's statement: “The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat.

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