5 Things You Should Know Today

1. QC On Tap happens this weekend at the QCCA Expo Center featuring 100 brews for you to sample. Instantly win your tickets here.

2. A Pleasant Valley graduate, Robert Beardsley, has been appointed to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. (WQAD)

3. Quad Citians donated a record amount of money to this year's Children's Therapy Center Telethon.

4. Here are some little known tax deductions that can save you big money. (WQAD)

5. The list of 2016 Billboard Music Award nominees are here. (Pop Crush)