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RI Rotary, district, Nika Loves Charities team up for youth literacy

The Rotary Club of Rock Island and Rotary District 6420 are partnering with Nika Loves Charities to promote youth literacy in Rock Island County.  The 2025 series began on Sept. 11 at the Boys & Girls Club of Moline, with…

UnityPoint, Gilda’s Pink Party raising breast cancer awareness for Black Women 

UnityPoint Health – Trinity and Cancer Support Community Iowa & NW Illinois at Gilda’s Club…

Frankly Speaking About Cancer workshop set for Oct. 24 in Clinton

CLINTON, Iowa — Cancer Support Community Iowa and NW Illinois at Gilda’s Club will host…

Bix Jazz Festival merges with Common Chord

Common Chord and the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Society have announced a merger of the two…

Seminars to focus on caregivers dealing with dementia

LivWell Seniors is partnering with Lauren P. Brown, award-winning author and Alzheimer’s expert, to bring…

Iowa banks warn businesses of account takeover scams

JOHNSTON, Iowa — The Iowa banking industry is reporting a rise in sophisticated corporate account…

Subs needed to turn old Aledo school into Northside Lofts

ALEDO, Illinois – The ambitious Northside Lofts project is moving forward as Growth General Contracting…

Aledo Northside Lofts GROWTH

NoogieFest 2025 to offer free indoor Trick-or-Treating Oct. 25

The Cancer Support Community Iowa and NW Illinois at Gilda’s Club will host NoogieFest 2025,…

Augustana College plans planetarium, geology museum open house 

Augustana College’s John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum will open their doors to the…

EICC to discuss workforce survey results Oct. 16

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) will host a regional Business & Industry Forum on Thursday,…

Rejuvenate Housing to unveil fifth home Oct. 15

Rejuvenate Housing, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing blight and expanding affordable homeownership in the Quad…

Jaycees of QC hosting Wine & Chocolate Experience 

The Jaycees of the Quad Cities will host its 2nd annual Wine & Chocolate Experience…

Iowa American Water, foundation support fire departments

Davenport-based Iowa American Water, in partnership with the American Water Charitable Foundation, has awarded a…

RI County leaders to lobby for passenger rail funding

Members of the Rock Island County Passenger Rail Committee are in Springfield today and Tuesday,…

Illinois State Capitol Corrections alternative law passenger rail

YMCA receives $1 million in memory of past leader

BLUE GRASS, Iowa – The YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley announced a $1 million…

River Action to host Oct. 14-16 Upper Mississippi Conference

Mississippi River stakeholders and advocates will come together for the 19th time from Tuesday through…

UMRC River Action