Dave Thompson's stories
Friendship Manor celebrates $12.5 million in renovations
Kendra Dennett loves the updated Emerald Wellness & Therapy Center at Friendship Manor in Rock Island. The Taylor Ridge, Illinois, woman is a physical therapy worker who helps Friendship’s senior residents with many different exercises such as sitting, standing, walking…
Birdies for Charity surpasses $200M mark in local donations
Micaela Booth calls Birdies for Charity – the fundraising portion of the John Deere Classic…
QCBJ event delves into The Plex, commercial real estate market
Commercial building projects around the TBK Bank Sports Complex in northern Bettendorf are moving full…
New Aldi grocery opens; hundreds of people crowd into store
Rick Lerch didn’t get much sleep Wednesday night. He was thinking about the new Aldi…
Rally goal aims to protect health care for Iowans
Health care in Iowa and the nation is under attack. Financial cuts are being made…
Bettendorf sports complex field rebranded as Crawford Field
The new $14 million sports complex in northern Bettendorf has a new sponsor and new…
‘Building A Brighter Future’ – Work begins on child daycare center
A new $15.7 million child daycare center in Rock Island will be a state-of-the-art learning…
‘There’s so much love of food in this town’
Jeff Fike had a busy day on Wednesday, Oct. 1. He was in the middle…
Foodies experience new sensations at Taste of East Moline
Willie Eccles loved just about everything at the fourth annual Taste of East Moline –…
Moline gets set to welcome four new retail stores
Four new retail stores are taking shape in and near a former Hy-Vee grocery store,…
Hand in Hand leader honored for helping ‘great teacher’
Brileigh McCumsey left her job as a teacher at Hand in Hand in Bettendorf to…
Local schools: Rebuilding stronger
The new school year has started. So have many new school building projects, renovations and…
Arconic celebrates new High Purity Aluminum facility
The Arconic Davenport Works is now making a better, ultra-pure aluminum that is used for…
‘Downtown Rock Island is the place to be,’ mayor says
Downtown Rock Island has a new look, a rebrand and a lot of new energy.…
Arsenal wants to outgrow its ‘hidden gem’ status
Not too long ago, many people looked at the Rock Island Arsenal and Arsenal Island…
Reaching for the skies: Girls get a look at aviation jobs
As young girls attended the Girls in Aviation Day celebration on Saturday, Sept. 20, one…
