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Alliant Energy is seeking applications for its 2017 Innovation Scholarships.Twenty-five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the winners.To qualify, applicants must be age 24 or younger and a dependent child of a current customer, or current customers themselves, of one of Alliant Energy's utility subsidiaries (Interstate Power and Light or Wisconsin Power and Light).Award selection is based on participation ...

The annual Southeast Iowa Luncheon will be held on Feb. 25, 2017, from 10:30 to 12:30 p.m., at the Golden Corral, 1868 N. Power Road, Mesa, Ariz.All residents from southeast Iowa living in Arizona and all ?snowbirds? visiting Arizona are welcome.The event is open to all residents from southeast Iowa living in Arizona and visiting snowbirds.

DEAR ABBY: I need your help in dealing with an old "frenemy." "Jenny" and I were friends in high school, but she constantly berated me and accused me of taking advantage of her. She would make herself feel better by putting me down.After she went away to college, she got pregnant by a non-boyfriend. When she had an abortion, she swore me to secrecy because she didn't tell the dad. Shortly thereafter, he came to ...

Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise has announced that the first draft of Iowa?s state plan for meeting requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is now available for public comment through an online feedback survey, as well as a two-week statewide tour that Department leaders have already kicked off.?We have spent several months collecting feedback from Iowans about what they ...

Rev. 22:17 says: ?The Spirit and the bride say, ?Come.? Let each one who hears them say, ?Come.? Let the thirsty ones come?anyone who wants to. Let them come and drink the water of life without charge.?It is an open invitation for all, ?come.? The heart of God is fellowship. He wants to have a relationship with everyone. He wants all to repent so that He can have fellowship with them. The Lord will not deny ...

The public is invited to meet at the Dover Museum Saturday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m., to give design suggestions for the New London logo, ?Gateway to Geode?.Years ago, this was the town?s logo, but was changed when a number of redbud trees were planted. As many have died, the city council voted to return to the former logo.Geode State Park was established in 1939, but was conceived by local resident, the late E. N. ...

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The Iowa Branch of International Order of the Kings Daughters and Sons is offering a supplemental scholarship of $1,000 per year to persons interested in pursuing a career in the medical or health fields. This is the Dr. Jennie McCowen Scholarship.Applicants must be accepted at an accredited two-year or four-year school in Iowa, must live in Iowa, must be enrolled in the medical or health fields, and must be ...

An Eagle Scout award is set to be presented to Aaron R. Bodenham, of Mt. Pleasant.Bodenham has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. He will be recognized in a Court of Honor on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at 3 p.m., at the Swedesburg Lutheran Church, in Swedesburg. A reception will follow at the Swedesburg Parish Hall.A member of Boy Scout Troop ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced for five years. Yet, I constantly obsess about my failed marriage and the fact that my ex has moved on and remarried. I plot every day how to make his life miserable, which gives me some relief. I have been to counseling, but can't seem to move forward. -CAN'T GET OVER IT IN PENNSYLVANIADEAR CAN'T: Find another licensed therapist and get more counseling.Acquiring the tools to ...