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The Daily Progress swept the competition at this years Virginia Press Association contest.

Poetry to Music Music and poetry are deeply interconnected in so many ways. Lines flow melodically, words rhyme, and both art forms express emotions. So it’s no surprise that this annual event exists. Each year, music composition students from local universities try their hand at turning their favorite poems into stunning pieces of music at Poetry to Music, hosted by the Spokane Symphony Associates. The event promotes the work done by local music professors and students all while raising f...

About 40 local runners and walkers were able to overcome the slumber of Thanksgiving to participate in the annual Too Much Turkey post Thanksgiving 5K, on Friday, Nov. 24. The race started at 8 …

The 10th Theater Olympics will close on Saturday with an evening of comprehensive art and a program for Midsummer Eve at the Margaret Island Theater.

Dozens of teen Quad Cities musicians will get the thrill of a lifetime this weekend, and then again many times over in a special tour of Europe in June. The Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) — to perform on Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. at Davenport’s Adler Theatre — consists of four school-year orchestras for […]

Mason City man going to prison for savage beating Jared Kropf Posted: Feb 27, 2021 10:42 AM Posted By: Mike Bunge MASON CITY, Iowa – A violent beating is sending a North Iowa man to prison. Jared Michael Kropf, 31 of Mason City, pleaded guilty to willful injury resulting in serious injury. Law enforcement says Kropf attacked a man on September 26, 2020, in the 1200 block of N. Washington Avenue. Court documents state the victim was beaten so severely he suffered three broken ribs, a collapse...