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Food Truck Fridays start this week in LeClaire

LECLAIRE, Iowa – The Food Trucks Fridays event starts Friday, April 10, in this community. Three food trucks –  Kelly Girls’ Woodfire Pizza, Schaab’s Street Eats and Mexie’s Food Truck – will be offering food from 5 to 8 p.m.…

Gilda’s Club hosts Cancer and Nutrition workshop July 8

Gilda’s Club is hosting a free workshop, Cancer and Nutrition: Ask the Dietician, for anyone…

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East Moline to host Fourth of July events

East Moline is getting ready to celebrate. The city will host many Independence Day events…

ImOn will expand fiber-optic network to Camanche

CAMANCHE, Iowa – ImOn Communications is expanding its 100% fiber-optic network to this city, the…

I'mOn Fiber Optic network

John Deere Classic recognizes veterans with Folds of Honor

The John Deere Classic will host its first Folds of Honor recognition on Friday, July…

John Deere Classic

SAL, Head Start receive federal funds for education programs

The Quad Cities-based SAL Family and Community Services was among two organizations in western Illinois…

Head Start

GROWTH hosts homebuyer workshops in Spanish

Economic Growth Corporation (GROWTH) is hosting two webinar workshops as part of National Homeownership Month…

GROWTH homeowner homebuyer

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Too $hort, Yung Joc head to The Mark

Summer Jam 24 featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Too $hort and Yung Joc are coming to Vibrant…

Too $hort

Flooding prediction postpones Red White & Boom

The rising Mississippi River and the potential for flooding have forced a postponement of the…

New Illinois laws amplify, incentivize philanthropy foundations say

Moline Regional Community Foundation, Quad Cities Community Foundation, and Rock Island Community Foundation are celebrating…

J.B. Pritzker Community Foundation Illinois laws

Royal Neighbors awards 32 scholarships to U.S. students

Royal Neighbors of America, a nonprofit life insurance organization based in Rock Island, has awarded…

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Southern photography from Do Good Fund on view at Figge

An exhibition celebrating the ever-changing American South through the lenses of more than 60 diverse…

Figge Art Museum

Beat the Elite runners to be announced Thursday

Two athletes have been selected to be the Russell Beat the Elite competitors. They will…

Corridor Media Group wins 6 AABP editorial excellence awards

The Corridor Media Group, parent company of the Corridor Business Journal (CBJ) and the Quad…

ImpactLife needs blood donors this week; offering rewards

ImpactLife is “on call” for the week of June 24 as a member of the…

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Illinois’ unemployment rate rises, payroll jobs up in May

The unemployment rate in Illinois rose slightly in May to 4.9% while nonfarm jobs increased…

IDES jobless jobs