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Tyler Green

Estimator/Project Manager | Crawford Company AGE: 38 Home: Illinois City Education: Rock Island High School; United States Marine Corps Family: Nicole Green (wife); sons Jackson and Brandon; and daughter Paisley.  Hometown (childhood): Rock Island First job? Whitey’s Ice Cream, Rock…

Hilltop Campus awarded $20,000 grant for master plan

Davenport’s Hilltop Campus Village (HCV) will take another significant step forward in its revitalization efforts…

Hilltop Master Plan HCV

Blackhawk Bank awards grant to Prairie Crossroads

A newly opened mercantile store in Viola, Illinois, that offers a touch of the past…

Blessing Tree to illuminate Bettendorf’s Be the Light Park

The Blessing Tree cancer support tradition will continue for the 26th year starting Dec. 3…

Blessing tree

Augustana’s youth program Kaleidoscope moving to the Figge

Kaleidoscope, Augustana College Art Department’s children’s art program, will soon be moving to the Figge…

Iowa extends deadline for Last-Dollar Scholarship 

Due to a state change, current Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) students and those beginning…

series muscatine fall semebers EICC Admission Accomplished EICC

Davenport offers Veterans Tribute banners 

The City of Davenport is offering an initiative to honor the men and women who…

Von Maur opens doors of first store in Pennsylvania

Davenport-based Von Maur Department Stores expanded its growing footprint into Pennsylvania with the opening of…

store

Holmes Murphy earns Best Place to Work recognition

Holmes Murphy, with an office in Davenport, once again has been recognized as one of…

Holmes Murphy Business Insurance

Enjoy Botanical Center Winter lights in bloom beginning Nov. 21

The gardens of the Quad City Botanical Center will be bedecked with holiday lights beginning…

YouthHope gets new executive director

Esther Joy King has been named the new executive director of the YouthHope Christian ministry…

Augustana receives $1.2M grant for math and science educators

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Augustana College a research and development grant to…

Augustana College mentorship program Palmer College of Chiropratctic dual degree

Books & Meows to open Friday, Nov. 15

The long wait is almost over. A nonprofit that will combine books and cats is…

Books & Meows books cats

Moline community foundation celebrates 2024 grant winners

The Moline Regional Community Foundation celebrated the recipients of its 2024 Make a Difference Grants…

grants Moline Regional

IJF Operation Connect-A-Vet helps Illinois vets get support

With one call, Illinois Joining Forces (IJF) empowers friends and family to link veterans to…

Illinois Joining Force IJF vets

Former Rock Island city manager to fill vacant alderman seat 

Mayor Mike Thoms nominated Randy Tweet to fill the position of Third Ward alderman recently…