News for Community

The 74th Commencement Ceremony of Clinton Community College will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2021.  There are 189 students who have applied for graduation in 2021.  Six students have achieved High Honors and 56 have achieved Honors.  Special red and gold cords are worn by the high honor students, gold cords are worn by honor students, and members of the military wear special red, white, and blue ...read more

Celebrate National Police Week at the Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center, "Clinton, Iowa's Children's Museum!”  with visits from Clinton Police officers.  Saturday brings an archeology adventure with cookies. Also, Thursday is Great Give Day, a day to donate to the children’s museum’s endowment fund.            Funtime Friday, May 14, and Funtime Saturday, May 15:  Clinton Police Officer ...read more

 MercyOne Clinton Medical Center is offering a free program to prevent type 2 diabetes. It is called Prevent T2 and is part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevent T2 is a proven program designed to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The program begins Tuesday, May 18, 2021.  Guided by trained lifestyle coaches, participants ...read more

Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, opens its 60th Anniversary Season on May 15 with its Summer Kick Off Party featuring great TLP food, drink tents, games & concerts.  At 2:00, Johnny Russler and the Beach Bums will be playing the music of Jimmy Buffet, and The Sounds of Summer will close out the day with a Beach Boys Tribute beginning at ...read more

Stephen Clements, Executive Vice President of Citizens First Bank, graduated April 21, 2021, from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado’s (GSBC) Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers® program held in Broomfield, Colorado.  Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers® (EDI) participants are up-and-coming C-level executives whose work efforts influence the future ...read more

Ascentra Credit Union was recently awarded eight Diamond Awards by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) in recognition for outstanding marketing and business development achievements in the credit union industry.The awards were presented by the CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council, a national network comprised of over 1,200 credit union marketing and business development ...read more

First Central State Bank CEO Brigham Tubbs has announced a promotion.  Laura Howard recently earned a promotion, moving her to Assistant Vice President. She is located at First Central State Bank’s Clinton – North Second Street location.  Howard, who has been with First Central State Bank since 2005, is the Branch Manager at the North Second Street location.  “Laura has been a great ...read more

Ohnward Bancshares, Inc. financial institutions ranked in the American Bankers Association’s top 100 list for farm lenders by dollar volume. The institutions – First Central State Bank, Maquoketa State Bank and Ohnward Bank & Trust – ranked 90th in the country for agriculture lending by dollar volume in the second quarter of 2020. Ohnward’s roots were built through helping the eastern Iowa and ...read more