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Happy Joe's New executives charity of the month

Happy Joe’s launches year-long Charity of the Month program

Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream has launched a new program to spotlight a different local nonprofit each month in an effort to provide its franchisees with a consistent, systemwide framework to support causes tied to families and their communities.…

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…

MLK center to host service to honor its namesake 

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

Blain’s Farm & Fleet celebrating half century in Davenport

Blain’s Farm & Fleet is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Davenport in 2022 by highlighting…

4Q report:  Lee Enterprises has ‘strong’ quarter, year

Digital revenues and subscriptions are growing and a “digital transformation” is continuing, according to Lee…

Mitch Thomas to lead MRA’s Western Illinois and Iowa office

MRA – The Management Association, one of the largest employer associations in the nation, has…

How Mel Foster Co. strives to Think.Buy.Be.Local 

Mel Foster Co. agents and staff supported more than 160 businesses during the company’s 2022…

Wreaths Across America coming to QC

Holiday wreaths soon will be placed on the graves of more than 1,000 soldiers at…

Administrative office professional program info is Dec. 8

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) is offering training programs for students to pursue business and…

Quad Cities villages and towns share, celebrate holidays

Quad Cities communities are continuing to light up the six-county region with holiday celebrations and…

ARA: Equipment rental revenue poised for slower growth in 2023

After two years of rapid post-pandemic revenue growth in 2021 and 2022, the equipment rental…

Modern Woodmen holds winter clothing drive 

Modern Woodmen of America will hold a drive-thru clothing drive on Saturday, Dec. 17, to…

MLK Park plan gets $219K tourism grant

A proposed MLK Commemorative Park in downtown Davenport is getting a financial boost through a…

Jersey Mike’s Subs opening new shop in Davenport

A new Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant will open on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 4451 E.…

IMEG Corp. acquires Barker Structural engineering firm

The Quad Cities-based IMEG Corp. announced on Monday, Dec. 5, it has acquired Barker Structural,…