16 May 2022

Monmouth College Gives Its Blessing to Class of 2022 During a Weekend of Homecomings

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 16, 2022) — Commencement weekend was a homecoming event for two of the featured speakers who helped celebrate Monmouth College's Class of 2022 on May 14-15.

Kunal Kapoor, a 1997 Monmouth graduate and chief executive officer of Morningstar Inc, delivered Sunday's Commencement address to the 172 seniors who gathered on the Wallace Hall Plaza.

16 May 2022

Niabi Zoo Receives Roy J Carver Grant for New Painted Dog Exhibit

By Krisan Steiger

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (May 16, 2022) — The Niabi Zoo is pleased and excited to announce having received a grant for $160,000 from the Roy J Carver charitable trust. The grant will help fund our new Painted dog exhibit, an important component in our Niabi Zoo Masterplan. “So many wonderful and exciting additions have been made, and are underway at the zoo,” said Director Lee Jackson.

16 May 2022

TAG, Dphilms Team Up on Video, Advertising Production for Illinois/Iowa Region and Beyond

By Katherine Bauer

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 16, 2022) — Two Quad-Cities advertising and multimedia companies with over 60 years combined experience are teaming up to join forces.

Davenport-based advertising agency TAG, and Rock Island film and video production company Dphilms, are forming a partnership to navigate the regional media landscape in a rapidly changing digital era.

16 May 2022

Davenport Students to Receive Award for Work with ImpactLife

By Holly Yates

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 16, 2022) — The Davenport Community School District is proud to announce our students are being recognized with the School Partner of the Year Award. ImpactLife nominated the Davenport Community School District for the ADRP award through America’s Blood Centers because of the incredible work students put into donating blood, even throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

13 May 2022

Rachel Daniels of Geneseo, Illinois, Inducted into Central NSLS Chapter

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (May 13, 2022) — Rachel Daniels, of Geneseo, Illinois, was one of 34 Central College students inducted into the college's chapter of The National Society of Leadership and Success.

Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year liberal-arts college. Central is known for its academic rigor and leadership formation and for cultivating diversity of thought and culture through the arts and sciences, professional fields of study, and experiential learning.

13 May 2022

Special Olympic Iowa to Hold Summer Games, Their Biggest Celebration of the Year, May 19 Through 21

By Karen Whitman

GRIMES, IOWA (May 13, 2022) — In one week, over 1,800 Special Olympics Iowa athletes and Unified partners will converge at Iowa State University for the Annual Special Olympics Iowa Summer Games, May 19 through 21.

13 May 2022

Predicting Ukraine: Concerns Expressed in Monmouth College Senior's First-Year Research Now Happening

By Duane Bonifer

CJ Bonifer pictured during the spring semester of his freshman year in 2019 with the poster he completed as an independent research project under communications studies professor Robert Hinck (right)

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 13, 2022) — An independent research project that Monmouth College senior CJ Bonifer of Columbia, Kentucky, completed three years ago proved to be an accurate glimpse into the future, although slightly off geographically.

12 May 2022

Ragan Phillips of Reynolds, Iowa, Named to the Dean's List at Bob Jones University

By Randy Page

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA (May 12, 2022) -- Ragan Phillips, a Sophomore Interior Architecture and Design major from Reynolds, was among approximately 750 Bob Jones University students named to the Spring 2022 Dean's List.

The Dean's List recognizes students who earn a 3.00-3.74 grade-point average during the semester.

12 May 2022

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs Three Bills into Law

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 12, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the following bills into law: 

12 May 2022

Small Business Expectations for Better Business Conditions at Record 48-Year Low

By Emily Helland

DES MOINES (May 12, 2022) — The NFIB, or National Federation of Independent Business’ Small Business Optimism Index was unchanged in April, remaining at 93.2 and the fourth consecutive month below the 48-year average of 98. Small business owners expecting better business conditions over the next six months decreased one point to a net negative 50%, the lowest level recorded in the 48-year-old survey.

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