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QCBJ Newsmakers: MLB tabs TBK Complex as training partner
This story is part of the QCBJ’s Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up from the staff of the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal includes some of the biggest stories we brought you in 2023. It’s also a tradition by our parent…
Kwik Star’s LeClaire journey hardly fast
Grading work began last week at the intersection of LeClaire’s South Cody Road (Highway 67)…
‘Dream’ becomes reality for QC River Bandits
DYERSVILLE, Iowa – When a pickup truck-driving vandal damaged the “Field of Dreams” movie site…
Davenport’s VictoryXR delivers endless capabilities of a metacampus
A generation ago, the excitement in the eyes of an 11-year-old Harry Potter perfectly captured…
Planning for a new I-80 bridge reaches next step May 11
A new Interstate 74 Bridge helped Denise Bulat celebrate her 20th anniversary as the executive…
Food: A main ingredient in Quad Cities senior living communities’ recipe for success
Becky Lee Hinton is more than the executive director of Moline’s Overlook Village. She also…
Return to normal a home run for River Bandits
The staff celebration for winning another Midwest League championship last season summarized perfectly an unusual…
Eastern Iowa river towns sing blues over tripling railroad traffic
“So, how often do the trains go by?” Jake Blues asked while staring out the…
Rail merger could derail development, safety
Iowa Quad Cities riverfront communities detailed for federal regulators the expected economic development derailments and…
Bettendorf gets ahead of the sports tourism game
Bettendorf’s massive TBK Bank Sports Complex already is a player in the multi-billion-dollar youth sports…
TaxSlayer nearing return to ‘normal’
Scott Mullen proudly points to a 2022 calendar chock-full of events at Moline’s TaxSlayer Center.…
Hockey is back in QC; fans expected to follow
The Quad City Storm currently owns the worst attendance in the 26-year playing history of…
Bettendorf granted ‘great start’ to Forest Grove expansion
Bettendorf’s creation of a northern tourism gateway picked up significant momentum last week. Mere days…
Bettendorf ramps up I-80/Middle interchange talk
A long-simmering goal for the City of Bettendorf has a chance to move off the…
TBK takes on sponsorship for High 5
High 5 Lanes & Games at Bettendorf’s TBK Bank Sports Complex is scoring a familiar…
Bettendorf proposes bridge to more Forest Grove growth
The new Interstate 74 Bridge across the Mississippi River receives the credit for the changing…
