CLINTON — Clinton Middle School has released its second semester honor rolls.

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds is encouraging applications for Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund grants that will expand opportunities for Iowans to have rewarding careers and help employers hire the skilled workers they need.

AMES — About 9,000 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the spring semester 2019 dean's list.

CLINTON -- Signed, sealed, delivered. After presentations and discussion, positive in their entirety, the Clinton County Board of Supervisors officially joined the Peanut Butter student loan incentive program Monday.

CLINTON -- Roughly a year and a half after it announced 85 new jobs at its Camanche facility, TMK IPSCO officials have announced an unspecified number of layoffs at the plant.

CLINTON – A group of employees from Purina's Clinton manufacturing facilities, and their families, volunteered at the Prairie Pastures Dog Park near Eagle Point Park June 6 for company’s annual volunteer day, Purina said last week.

CAMANCHE — Multiple city employee contracts are set to be approved at Tuesday’s Camanche City Council meeting.

DEWITT — Central DeWitt High School teachers Staci Mercado and Grady Gallagher recently were selected as the 2019 Teachers of the Year by the Brothers of the Crossroads Masonic Lodge No. 677 in DeWitt.

MAQUOKETA (AP) — Stepping down into Mac's Wine Cellar is walking into a snapshot of the community's early history.

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has announced the names of more than 600 students who were named to the President's List for academic achievement during the spring 2019 semesters

CLINTON — A Davenport-based nonprofit motorcycle safety club has organized a First Responders Tribute Ride through Clinton and Scott counties in honor of fallen Clinton Fire Department Lt. Eric Hosette and injured firefighter Adam Cain.

CLINTON — On Friday, June 21, the summer solstice, The Alverno will participate in a fund-raising activity on The Longest Day.

CLINTON— Clinton High School has released its third trimester honor roll. Students named to the honor roll include:

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MOUNT CARROLL, ILL. — Timber Lake Playhouse continues its 58th season with the play 'Noises Off."

SABULA — A Davenport man is dead as the result of a motorcycle accident Friday afternoon near Sabula.

MAQUOKETA (AP) — Eastern Iowa officials are investigating the death of a man in police custody.

CLINTON — For the 30th year the Clinton community celebrated one of its most famous sons with Felix Adler Day at the Children's Discovery Center.

CLINTON -- Overcast skies and intermittent spitting rain didn't dampen Friday's Juneteenth celebration at the Riverview Bandshell as community members came together to commemorate the official freeing of African-American slaves more than 150 years ago.

FULTON, Ill. — Much of Fulton High School's first year in the competency-based education program was spent in planning, Fulton High School Principal Bob Gosch said this month. Fulton is one of 50 schools participating in the state's pilot program.

CLINTON -- The Walk to End Alzheimer's season officially kicked off Friday as hungry community members were treated to a Food Truck Festival in the parking lot of the Alverno.

CLINTON — A dozen American Flags flew near the Clinton World War I memorial statue at the east end of Fifth Avenue South Friday, a display erected by the Clinton American Legion.

CLINTON — During its next meeting the Clinton County Board of Supervisors will consider approving a contract to administer a proposed student loan incentive program.

CLINTON — Plant and nature lovers will have an opportunity to walk through some of the most interesting gardens in Clinton County Sunday, June 23 during the annual Clinton County Master Gardeners' Garden Walk.

CLINTON — The Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce is offering a ride to anyone supporting the expansion of a four-lane U.S. Highway 30 west of DeWitt.

CLINTON — “By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in youth, our communities and ourselves," the motto of Optimist International says. Clinton's Optimist Club will celebrate two years in September.

CLINTON — Like a finding a needle in a haystack, a Clinton woman's hearing aids were recovered at the Clinton County landfill after being inadvertently thrown in the garbage.

CLINTON — When Clinton Area Showboat Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Teague Miller needed promotional photos for the season's second play, "Blithe Spirit," he contacted the George M. Curtis Mansion on Fifth Avenue South.

CLINTON — Grab your pickleball paddles and volleyballs because Clinton’s riverfront soon will have eight new pickleball courts and two sand volleyball courts.

DEWITT — The partnership between the DeWitt Police Department and First Central State Bank once again yielded a donation to the DeWitt Police Foundation.

MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Office of Tourism has awarded a Tourism Attraction Grant to Timber Lake Playhouse.

FULTON, ILL. — Unity Christian School has released its fourth quarter and second semester honor rolls.

GOOSE LAKE — Northeast Middle/High School has released its second semester honor roll. Students named to the honor roll include:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the younger candidates in the crowded Democratic presidential primary are suggesting that the early front-runner, 76-year-old Joe Biden, is too entrenched in the past.

CLINTON — A Clinton man must serve a minimum of five years in prison for one count of felony robbery.

CLINTON — A new city ordinance is in the works for Clinton police to more easily track down stolen goods that are sold to local pawnbrokers or secondhand dealers.

CLINTON — Looking to unseat current United States Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020, Democratic candidate Eddie Mauro visited with Clinton-area residents Tuesday afternoon to talk about his platform.

CLINTON — The name of a Clinton firefighter killed in the line of duty in January has been added to the Iowa Fire Fighters Memorial.

The Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed nearly 230 people to its annual meeting Tuesday night at The Tuscany and recognized businesses and individuals for outstanding service.

CLINTON — Supporters of Joe Biden waited nearly an hour for the former Vice President of the United States to arrive at Clinton Community College on Wednesday after the doors opened at 10:15 a.m.

CLINTON — "We choose science over fiction, we choose unity over division, we choose truth over lies."

CLINTON — A man originally charged with attempted murder and first-degree arson was granted a suspended sentence on one felony and one misdemeanor charge.

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RAPATEE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 77-year-old woman and her 51-year-old son died in an explosion that destroyed a house in western Illinois.

DEWITT — The summer 2019 version of the DeWitt Chamber & Development Company’s Look Local First shopping initiative will begin June 18.

DEWITT — The Central DeWitt School Board joined other districts in requesting that the two Iowa high school athletic associations evaluate how schools are classified to address what board members and administrators view as inequities.