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Event focuses on gender gap in manufacturing industry
Many regional business leaders have a problem: How can businesses better recruit and retain women in the Quad Cities manufacturing industry?
That’s the big question...
Icestravaganza to light up downtown Davenport Jan. 14-16
A menagerie of icy animals will be on display Friday-Sunday, Jan. 14-16, in downtown Davenport, when the Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) kicks off Icestravaganza,...
Augie to host talk on ‘College Behind Bars’
Augustana College, Rock Island, will host a panel discussion on Jan. 17 on the documentary film “College Behind Bars.”
“College Behind Bars” is a four-hour...
QC Chamber forum to focus on workforce shortages
Where have all the people gone?
That’s one of the key questions to be reviewed during a new Quad Cities business forum designed to take...
John Deere reveals ‘life-changer’ self-driving tractor
Deere & Co. is ready to put a self-driving, robo tractor into production and have the machines available to farmers later this year, the...
American Bank celebrating its new Rock Island branch
A grand opening celebration has been set for 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, at American Bank & Trust’s new branch at 1600 Fifth...
Davenport IowaWORKS hosts job fairs for Hon, Whirlpool
IowaWORKS is hosting eight hiring events in Davenport this month for jobs as assemblers at Whirlpool Corp. and for multiple skilled and unskilled positions...
IMEG adds three new firms, five more locations
IMEG Corp., No. 77 on the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms list, has added three new firms in 2021 year-end acquisitions.
The deals capped...
Ascentra receives corporate philanthropy award
Ascentra Credit Union and its foundation have received the Outstanding Corporation/Corporate Foundation Philanthropy Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Quad Cities Chapter.
Ascentra...
East Moline library readies for move
The East Moline Public Library is closing for a few weeks so it can move to its new downtown home.
The current library building at...