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Generation Next program helps educate tomorrow’s leaders

The Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce’s Generation Next program recently wrapped up its 2026 cohort with a group of 39 young professionals from a variety of businesses and non-profits in the area. According to program organizer, James Porter, vice president…

Seminar crowd told: ‘The rail project is happening’

A Chicago-to-Moline passenger rail line might become a reality in a few years. A new…

Ben Limmer, CEO and managing director of QC MetroLink talk about upcoming plans for rail service Thursday, April 16, at Bally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel. PHOTO CREDIT TODD WELVAERT

Redstone Room moving; concert venue going to first floor

The Redstone Room at Common Chord is moving to a new location in the same…

Chamber reimagines, widens reach of QC Business Showcase 

The Quad Cities Chamber is again shining a spotlight on the region’s businesses and organizations…

Chemring’s NASA Standard Initiator crowned Coolest Thing Made in Illinois

A pyrotechnic device produced by Chemring Energetic Devices – and used in the launch of…

NASA Standard Initiator, Coolest Thing Made in Illinois 2026

UnityPoint Health to outsource IT and Revenue Cycle functions

UnityPoint Health (UPH) announced it will be outsourcing its information technology (IT) and revenue cycle…

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Iowa 80 Trucking Museum breaks ground on new expansion

WALCOTT, Iowa – The Iowa 80 Trucking Museum has broken ground on a 25,000-square-foot expansion…

MTI to host student welding competition

Midwest Technical Institute (MTI) will host its 2026 High School Welding Competition starting at 8…

Ries Harbor Apartments creates safer harbor for people in need

Adam Meuser toured the new $3.8 million Ries Harbor Apartments complex in Muscatine on Thursday,…

This is the new $3.8 million Ries Harbor Apartments complex in Muscatine on Thursday, March 18. PHOTOS BY DAVE THOMPSON

Muscatine considers future of Towhead Island

Community leaders, conservation experts, educators, and local partners recently gathered for a Towhead Island Strategic…

An iconic Mississippi River island here will be preserved for future generations, thanks to a conservation gift awarded from the Joe W. and Betty L. Rauch Memorial Fund held at the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, the organization announced. CREDIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUSCATINE

EntreFuel kick-off celebration set in Clinton

CLINTON, Iowa – EntreFuel – an initiative designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners –…

Fair Oaks Foods ramping up at new QC plant

Nearly five years after a national search for an expansion site led Fair Oaks Foods,…

Some five years after beginning its search for an expansion site, Fair Oaks Foods, LLC, quietly began operations recently at its new Davenport plant in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center.  CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

New clinic will help create a healthy community

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Tom Bowman looked over the new Community Health Care, Inc. (CHC) Muscatine…

QC Restaurant Week shines on four Service Stars 

Visit Quad Cities honored four restaurant professionals for their outstanding service as part of the…

Blain’s Farm & Fleet recognized for employee mental well-being

Blain’s Farm & Fleet has been named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Well-Being…

‘Economic instability’ spurs jobless rate increase in QC

The unemployment rate in the Quad Cities region is up to 6.2%, and the total…