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Quad Cities Community Foundation student scholarships Teens for Tomorrow

Teen philanthropy group awards $37,000+ to QC nonprofits

A group of local teenagers has granted $37,500 to 12 nonprofits in the Quad Cities region through the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Teens for Tomorrow program. For more than 20 years, the program has allowed area high school students to…

Trinity College launches new medical lab program

Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences in Rock Island is launching a Medical Laboratory…

YWCA seeks nominees for Champions of Change

The YWCA Quad Cities will again honor those Quad Cities leaders and mentors who are…

Tickets go on sale for MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament

Visit Quad Cities announced this week that tickets for the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)…

Grow Clinton opens registration for Leadership Institute

CLINTON, Iowa – The 2023 Grow Clinton Leadership Institute now is accepting applications for its…

grow clinton leadership institute

Closing time: Adolph’s Mexican Foods saying goodbye to QC

A Mexican food restaurant with a history going back to 1952 and a large customer…

Per Mar Security Services named Partner of the Year

Per Mar Security Services, a leading provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial…

MLK center to host service to honor its namesake 

The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center will host the 40th Annual Memorial Service and…

2022’s Most Influential Leaders

LaDrina Wilson, CEO, Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce; CEO, Iman Consulting  John Anderson, CEO, Quad…

HNI ranks 6th in America’s Most Responsible Companies 

MUSCATINE, Iowa – HNI Corp. has been recognized among the top 10 of America’s Most…

Holiday Shop Up to pop up in downtown Rock Island

Just in time for your last-minute holiday shopping, the Development Association of Rock Island (DARI)…

Genesis CEO leaving for LDS church leadership role

Doug Cropper, Genesis Health System president and CEO, is leaving Genesis in June 2023 to…

Doug Cropper

Moline seeks to BOOST businesses, fill empty storefronts

Moline city leaders are launching a new program – funded with a $1.1 million grant…

ARPA

HDC staff, clients participants honored at awards event 

The Handicapped Development Center (HDC) recently honored its participants, staff and agency supporters at its…

Handicapped Development Center

Royal Neighbors launches RoyalConnect

Royal Neighbors of America has announced the launch of RoyalConnect – a new program for…

RoyalConnect

Jerry Taylor, longtime QC publisher, community leader, dies at 74

Former longtime Quad Cities newspaper publisher, and community and industry leader Gerald J. “Jerry” Taylor…