17 Nov 2025

New Research Shows Collaborative Care for Plantar Heel Pain Leads to Long-Term Savings and Better Outcomes

By Jody Gifford

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (November 17, 2025) — A multi-year study led by Shane McClinton PT DPT PhD, shows that combining physical therapy with standard podiatry care for plantar heel pain improves patients' quality of life while also cutting long-term health care costs. McClinton is a physical therapist at Des Moines University Clinic (DMU) — Physical Therapy and also teaches at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences.

17 Nov 2025

National Collection Week Begins for Operation Christmas Child

By Jasmine Henry

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 17, 2025) —The collection season for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samari

17 Nov 2025

Aiden Fleetwood of Bettendorf, Iowa, Named to 2025-26 Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

By Chris Lindeke

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (November 17, 2025) — Aiden Fleetwood from Bettendorf, Iowa, who is studying Arts and Science AAS at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is part of the men's wheelchair basketball team for the 2025-26 season.

The UW-Whitewater men's wheelchair basketball program is a club sport that competes nationally. The Warhawks have won fourteen national championships since 1982, most recently in 2024 and including a three-peat in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

17 Nov 2025

Deck the Downtowns Starts This Week

By Jennifer Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 17, 2025) — Starting November 19, 2025, explore the Deck the Downtowns promotions with fun holiday activities, unique local shopping, seasonal displays, ornament hunts, delicious goodies and opportunities to win prizes along the way.

17 Nov 2025

Water Quality Researchers to Hold Panel, Discussion on Water Crisis; Event Comes Amidst Mounting Calls for Legislative Action on Industrial Agriculture’s Clean Water Crisis

By Phoebe Trotter

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 17, 2025) — On Wednesday, November 18, 6-7:30PM, at the Rogalski Center, Food and Water Watch, St Ambrose Sustainability Committee, and Progressive Action for the Common Good will host a panel discussion in Davenport (518 W Locust St) with the University of Iowa researchers behind the recent Central Iowa Water Quality Report.

17 Nov 2025

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Fights to Protects Iowa from California Green Mandates

By Jen Green

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 17, 2025) — Attorney General Bird is leading a coalition of 25 states in an emergency brief to protect businesses from California’s illegal and burdensome regulations.

New California laws that go into effect on January 1, 2026, will impose reporting mandates on companies requiring them to express a certain viewpoint on climate change. Even companies that do very little work in California will be mandated to agree to the viewpoint-discriminatory statements.

14 Nov 2025

New National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) Survey: Small Business Optimism Takes a Small Step Back as Uncertainty Eases in October

By Leah Courtney

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 14, 2025) — The 

14 Nov 2025

Event Honoring Two Iowans Being Featured on the 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade Float

By Kristen Hoffman

NORTH LIBERTY, CEDAR RAPIDS, MUSCATINE, and DENVER, IOWA (November 14, 2025) — Iowa Donor Network (IDN) will honor Natalie McCleary and April Wilson on the 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade Float in Pasadena, California, on January 1. McCleary, an organ donor from Fruitland, Iowa, will be remembered with a floragraph portrait on the float. Wilson, a two-time living donor from Denver, Iowa, will proudly walk alongside the float as it travels down Colorado Boulevard on New Year’s Day.

14 Nov 2025

River Action and The Camera Corner Launch Winter Photo Contest to Inspire Outdoor Passion

By Ashley Hamerlinck

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 14, 2025) — This winter, River Action, in partnership with The Camera Corner, invites photographers of all ages and skill levels to bundle up, head outside and capture the winter beauty of the Quad Cities area. The “Winter Outdoor Nature Photo Contest” kicks off December 1 and runs through January 12. All proceeds support River Action’s mission to protect, restore, and celebrate the Mississippi River and our surrounding riverfront communities.

14 Nov 2025

Carthage College Music Students Compete at Wisconsin NATS Vocal Auditions

By Julie Thomas

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN (November 14, 2025) — A select group of Carthage College music students participated in the Wisconsin National Association of Teachers of Singing Vocal Auditions competition at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in November. Each student was assigned to a category based on their age and musical selections (Classical, Commercial, and/or Musical Theatre).

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