IOWA CITY, IOWA (05/04/2022) — Seventeen University of Iowa students and alumni were chosen from about 10,000 Fulbright Award applicants nationwide to serve as representatives of the US State Department to teach English abroad and to undertake public health research and creative-writing projects in sixteen countries during the 2022-23 academic year.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 5, 2022) — Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream is continuing its commitment to putting smiles on peoples’ faces by hosting a special Mother’s Day celebration with an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet and giveaway.

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces a record high 31 schools qualified for the Carrie Chapman Catt Award this school year. The award goes to schools that register at least ninety percent of their eligible students to vote. Nearly 3,400 high school students registered this year in conjunction with the Catt Award initiative.

MAQUOKETA, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Gilda’s Club is excited to announce a camping adventure called Camp Genesis! This specialty camp is a collaborative effort with Gilda’s Club, Camp Shalom, and Genesis Cancer Care Institute.

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller secured about $1.02 million from the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc., for deceiving more than 33,000 Iowans into paying for tax services that should have been free.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — The Davenport Public Library to host QC PastPort on May 24, Main Virtual, 6:30PM.

PELLA, IOWA (May 4, 2022) — Central College hosted a weeklong Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry event to showcase the many projects by Central students during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Layken Bytnar, of Bettendorf, presented The Genetics of Spice Tolerance.

Rachel Daniels, of Geneseo, presented The Effect of Wingate Testing on BESS Test Performance.

Elizabeth Hurlbut, of Muscatine, presented Concussion: A Live Group Discussion.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 3, 2022) — Annually, the month of May is designated as Community Action Month. Project NOW is one of 1,000 agencies across the country are working every day to create opportunities and transform the lives of their neighbors making communities stronger and helping families across the US thrive. Project NOW is a member of the National Community Action Partnership and the Community Action Network, which was born out of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 3, 2022) St Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, will celebrate 100 years of mission and ministry to the Quad Cities community at 9:30AM, Sunday, May 15, with a festival worship service with a celebratory bell choir, choir, organ, and flutes.

PELLA, IOWA (May 3, 2022) — Central College students and donors were recognized during the annual scholarship dinner.

Clayton Hunn of Muscatine received the Lewis and Dorothy Furda Scholarship in Music and the T Kent Jager Endowed Music Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year for a high commitment to academic achievement. Hunn is a member of the class of 2022 at Central in Pella, Iowa.

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