News for Community

Timber Lake Playhouse is proud to bring to area audiences a truly unforgettable production full of sass, style and sisterhood. Steel Magnolias, is equal parts hilarious and heartwarming. At Truvy’s beauty shop, the motto is: there’s no such thing as natural beauty—the women are all sass and brass. Through clouds of hairspray and over the buzz of blow dryers, six southern spitfires gather each week ...read more

With the goal of sharing images of the community in a 2020 wall calendar, Citizens First Bank invites photographers from all levels of expertise to enter the 2020 Citizens First Bank Calendar Photo Contest. Winning photographers have the opportunity for their images to be published in the 2020 Citizens First Bank calendar as well as being displayed with the corresponding month as the Citizens ...read more

Clinton Community College has announced the Summer 2019 President’s List.  Students must earn a minimum of 6 credit hours and 4.0 GPA during the term.  Ames, IA      Molly Mroczkowski                                         Bettendorf, IA      Oloigbe Ofori                                                     Calamus, IA      Avery ...read more

***The Military Vehicle Preservation Association will be conducting a transcontinental motor convoy that will be stopping in Clinton, IA on August 22, 2019. They will be parked up on riverfront between the Clinton Riverview Pool and the NelsonCorp Baseball Field from 2p-3:30p. Come check out as many as 70 historic military vehicles as they retrace the route of the original 1919 US Army's ...read more

The Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center, "Clinton, Iowa's Children's Museum," is having great success raising monarch caterpillars and hatching butterflies.  They are also teaching about other insects, this summer.  On Wednesday, learn about a bee’s home with a recycling craft. On Friday, meet Miss Sarah and her monarch butterflies; then come read with Ms. Cotton on Saturday morning at ...read more

Volunteer Millers of de Immigrant Windmill will spotlight a sister grist mill located in Muscatine, Iowa.  The original grain grinding water mill was established in 1848.  Today, located in Wildcat Den State Park, it has undergone restoration and stands as one of the few remaining grist mills of this Midwestern region.  Tom Hanifan , originally from Clinton, Iowa, will share the history and ...read more

Wild Rose Casino & Resort presents an evening with GARY PUCKETT and THE UNION GAP live in concert on Sunday, November 3, 2019 in the Oakwood Grand Ballroom. Tickets will be $20, tax and convenience fees not included, with limited seating available. Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. with the concert starting at 5:00 p.m. Must be 21 years old or older to attend.   The beloved 60s musical group, Gary ...read more

Wild Rose Casino & Resort presents their 5th Annual Halloween Bash and an evening with LITTLE OZZY live in concert on Saturday, October 26, 2019 in the Oakwood Grand Ballroom. Tickets will be $10 in advance and $15 at the door, tax and convenience fees not included, with limited seating available. Must be 21 years old or older to attend.   The 5th Annual Halloween Bash boasts an entertaining ...read more

The Clinton LumberKings, in conjunction with the Miami Marlins, have announced the promotion of outfielder Connor Scott to the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads. In a corresponding move the LumberKings received outfielder, and 2019 competitive balancing round pick, Kameron Misner.  Scott, 19, was with the LumberKings since Opening Day and was the Marlins first round pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. As the ...read more

Produced by TLP’s “Next Stage” young theatre group, the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, it’s instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulations,” it’s lighting up TLP’s stage this summer.  Tom, a ...read more

First Central State Bank raised more than $2,700 for an area non-profit through its Grilling For Charity fundraiser.  Thanks to community members dining at the First Central State Bank Lincoln Way location in Clinton, $2,727.25 was raised for Information, Referral and Assistance Services in Clinton. The non-profit acts as a clearinghouse for a local network made up of more than 200 local human ...read more

Rebecca Edwards has always gravitated toward careers where she can make a difference in the lives of others.    For nine years, that meant working in the healthcare industry. Now, she’s keeping that same empathetic mindset, albeit in a different career field.   First Central State Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Rebecca Edwards as a Customer Service Representative in the DeWitt ...read more

The Keep Iowa Beautiful Board of Directors has announced the 2019 annual award winners for enhancing the beauty, cleanliness and attractiveness of the state of Iowa. The four award categories are community, organization, corporate and individual. “The KIB award program is designed to recognize people and organizations that have gone the extra mile to help build stronger Iowa communities,” said ...read more