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Sarah J. Smith

Director of Placemaking & Tourism | Grow Clinton AGE: 26 Home: Camanche, Iowa Education: Journalism and mass communications, University of Iowa Hometown (childhood): Camanche Local mentors? Kevin Smith, media planner, MindFire Communications Best advice ever received? How you present yourself…

Scott Kizer named UnityPoint Health president and CEO

Scott Kizer will be the new president and CEO of UnityPoint Health, the network of…

Fareway raises almost $113K to help children’s hospital

Fareway Stores, Inc., with stores across the Quad Cities region, has teamed with the Iowa…

UnityPoint names Denten as chief nursing officer

UnityPoint Health – Trinity has named Jane Denten as its new chief nursing officer. Ms.…

UnityPoint, Presbyterian Healthcare no longer partnering

UnityPoint Health and Presbyterian Healthcare Services are no longer pursuing a partnership to form a…

Gilda’s Club needs volunteers for Saturday Oct. 14 NoogieFest

Gilda’s Club is hosting its free communitywide Halloween event called NoogieFest on Saturday, Oct. 14,…

NoogieFest Gilda's Club

Muscatine’s Pearl City Vintage Market is Saturday

The Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce & Industry again will host the third annual Pearl…

Pearl City Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce

Hauberg, German American Heritage Center hosting Oktoberfest

Hauberg Estate and the German American Heritage Center will host the third annual Oktoberfest Quad…

Oktoberfest Hauberg Estate

Fall Fest offers chance to help guide Moline Riverfront Master Plan

Renew Moline and the City of Moline are offering Quad Citians a chance to help…

Moline, union reach 3-year labor agreement

The City of Moline has reached a three-year labor agreement with the American Federation of…

city platform finance award inspection rental mural artist The Q

‘Gather for the Cure’ event will be Oct. 14

The third annual Gather for the Cure – an event to highlight breast cancer awareness…

Black Hawk College postpones ribbon cutting 

A community ribbon-cutting ceremony planned this weekend at Black Hawk College in Moline has been…

Putnam hosts open house for volunteers Thursday

Are you interested in volunteering, becoming a docent or interning at the Putnam Museum? The…

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Lunch and Learn event to focus on dementia

Learn how to create a “dementia-friendly” environment at an upcoming Lunch and Learn session from…

dementia Bettendorf Business Network

Pups on the Patio to support K9 Kindness Friday

LECLAIRE, Iowa — Help raise money to cover medical and surgical costs for rescue dogs…

K9 kindness dog fundraiser

Cookies & Dreams, NAMI partner for World Mental Health Day

Cookies & Dreams is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to “smash the…

Cookies & Dreams nami