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Fatwoods BBQ is ‘the perfect place to enjoy great barbecue’

Try the brisket, smoked wings, baby back ribs or smoked chicken. That’s the culinary advice from the owner of the newest barbeque smokehouse restaurant in the Quad Cities. Fatwoods BBQ Smokehouse opened for business in late February at 1516 Fifth…

HNI Corporation releases 2022 Social Responsibility Report

MUSCATINE, Iowa– HNI Corporation and its family of brands have released their biennial Corporate Social…

Walcott Truckers Jamboree goes through Saturday;  country band Shenandoah is headliner

WALCOTT, Iowa – Thousands of people are expected to attend the 44th anniversary Walcott Truckers…

QC agency plans Riverway Senior Golf Cart Tour 

Registration has now begun for the Riverway Senior Golf Cart Tour, a guided, narrated golf…

The Friends of the Bettendorf Park Foundation hosts Golf Cart Tour

Junior Achievement receives $10,000 grant from Bayer Fund donation

Junior Achievement of the Heartland has received a $10,000 grant from Bayer Fund, a philanthropic…

Constellation: Illinois nuclear fleet ready to meet summer power demand

Constellation’s 11 reactors at six Illinois nuclear plants, including two at its Quad Cities Generating…

Quad Cities Generating Station

Ascentra named by Forbes to America’s Best-In-State Credit Unions List 

Ascentra Credit Union, headquartered in Bettendorf, has been named one of Iowa’s Best-In-State Credit Unions…

Join SEAL Family Legacy on its Legacy Ride

The SEAL Family Legacy, a nonprofit serving military Gold Star families, will hold its Inaugural…

Nikulski Financial unveils Quad City Arts Showcase, scholarship

What began as a blank wall in Nikulski Financial’s newly constructed Bettendorf offices has been…

Mathias returns to lead Moline community, economic development

Chris Mathias, a former longtime City of Moline economic development leader and Scott County planning…

City of Moline public works Schmitt

MSA Professional Services expands with Wisconsin firm acquisition

Milwaukee-based MSA Professional Services, Inc., with an office in Bettendorf, has acquired Fredericksen Engineering, Inc.,…

MSA Professional Services Fredericksen

$2.8 M Fairmount Community Center gets set for construction  

Construction work is scheduled to begin this week on a new community center in west…

Mel Foster promotes Blackert to managing broker in Geneseo

Geneseo, Illinois – Mel Foster Co. has announced Becky Blackert has been promoted to designated…

Mel Foster awards School of Real Estate

Vera French partners with The Center to offer mental health services 

In a new collaboration, Vera French Community Mental Health Center now is offering its community-based…

Rock Island lauds regional port district creation, readies for work ahead

Rock Island area leaders are celebrating Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature on a bill creating…

Spiegel named Visit Quad Cities board chair

Davenport City Administrator Corri Spiegel has been named as the new board chair for Visit…

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