DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 12, 2025) — Davenport Fire Chief Mike Carlsten has formally announced his intention to retire from his position with the City of Davenport after 32 years of service.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 11, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced that the Attorney General’s office, in coordination with the Linn County Attorney’s office, secured a conviction against Jarod Anderson on Thursday for trafficking a then-seventeen-year-old girl in Linn County.

TAMPA, FLORIDA (February 11, 2025) — Thomas Welch, of Moline, Illinois, graduated from University of Tampa on December 13. Welch received a Bachelor of Science in Finance BS.

The commencement ceremony honored 982 undergraduate and graduate candidates and included remarks by President Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, Eric Freundt, professor of biology, and the student challenge speaker.

DeWITT, IOWA (February 11, 2025) — Farmers and ranchers in Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott counties will be receiving $5.3 million in cash-back dividends returned by Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) as part of the financial cooperative’s patronage program, paying 1% back as a cash-back dividend. Eligible customer-owners were issued cash-back dividend checks the last week of January.