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QC jobs down, August unemployment steady over 2024

The August unemployment rate in the Quad Cities was unchanged at 5.3% over last year while total nonfarm jobs decreased -1,700 compared to August 2024, according to data provided by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Statewide the over-the-year…

Trinity Health Foundation receives $50,000 donation

Ascentra Credit Union has donated $50,000 to the Trinity Health Foundation to support its Career…

Tapestry Farms to host Spring Fling benefit

Tapestry Farms, an urban farm organization, will present a Spring Fling benefit celebration from 6-9…

Geneseo event to showcase local artists

GENESEO, Illinois –  The 2024 Geneseo Artwalk is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,…

Park Vista celebrates its new common area room

The new common area room inside the Park Vista Retirement Living – North Hill facility…

Kimberly Crest veterinary hospital moving, taking new name

A veterinary hospital in Davenport is almost ready for its new home and new name.…

Corps seeks input on Lower Pool 13 habitat rehabilitation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District in partnerships with the Iowa Department…

Ruhl&Ruhl: Iowa’s largest independent real estate company

Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors has been ranked once again as the top largest independent real estate company…

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Downtown Rock Island gets set for $8.7M in improvements

An $8.7 million plan to rebuild parts of downtown Rock Island will spur economic development,…

Iowa workforce grants to expand apprenticeship programs

Aiming to build up its pipeline of workers for the next generation, Iowa Workforce Development…

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Historic Fairport Fish Hatchery unveils trail signs

FAIRPORT, Iowa — Friends of Fairport Fish Hatchery will host its 2nd Annual Earth Day…

Glass Heritage: Restoring stained glass, building relationships

The glass is an eye catcher. It could be 100-year-old, stained-glass windows creating waves of…

Expansion project underway to double Parr’s Moline footprint

The $22.5 million project to double the size of Parr Instrument Company hit high gear…

New Operating Engineers union hall will make ‘powerful statement’

A new state-of-the-art union hall building will soon start taking shape in southwest Rock Island.…

New Necker’s Jewelers – ‘it just makes the area shine’

Shubhangi Garg loved what she was seeing at the new Necker’s Jewelers store in Davenport.…

QCR Holdings celebrates 30 years as it nears $10B mark

When QCR Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Quad City Bank & Trust, was created…

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