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Empowering Abilities announces Hall of Fame inductees

Empowering Abilities has announced three new inductees for its Hall of Fame, which honors them for impacting the lives of people with disabilities. Empowering Abilities is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities live more independently and feel…

Honkamp Payroll expands with acquisition of Smart-HR 

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Honkamp Payroll, LLC announced it acquired the Rochester, Minnesota-based firm of Smart-HR…

Bettendorf’s Palmer Hills Golf Course earns environmental certification

The City of Bettendorf has announced that Palmer Hills Golf Course has been designated a…

‘Building A Brighter Future’ – Work begins on child daycare center

A new $15.7 million child daycare center in Rock Island will be a state-of-the-art learning…

Muscatine’s River Rehab joins Rock Valley family

Rock Valley Physical Therapy is again stretching its reach with the addition of River Rehab…

Support local businesses on Shop Iowa Day 

Shop Iowa Day returns Wednesday, Oct. 8, in an effort to bring together small businesses…

Area newspapers will end Monday print editions

Three area newspapers will soon end their Monday print editions. Those Monday print editions will…

‘There’s so much love of food in this town’

Jeff Fike had a busy day on Wednesday, Oct. 1.  He was in the middle…

Foodies experience new sensations at Taste of East Moline

Willie Eccles loved just about everything at the fourth annual Taste of East Moline –…

Former Moline newspaper building still set to become apartments

The former Moline Dispatch newspaper building in downtown Moline is “on track” to become a…

MUSCO named top workplace by Des Moines Register 

OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Musco has been named a 2025 Iowa Top Workplace by the Des…

$50.6B transportation plan could put QC passenger rail on track

Local leaders are celebrating the inclusion of $388.8 million for Quad Cities passenger rail in…

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Quad Cities nonprofits receive $629,000 in foundation grants

  Thirty-six local nonprofits are receiving a total of $629,000 through the Quad Cities Community…

Woodward trust grants scholarships Quad Cities Community Foundation

Q&A: Lysa Hegland, president, CEO, JA of the Heartland

A month into her tenure as Junior Achievement of the Heartland’s new president and CEO,…

Nelson built lasting legacy at JA of the Heartland

When Dougal Nelson retires from Junior Achievement of the Heartland this week, the visionary CEO…

Moline gets set to welcome four new retail stores

Four new retail stores are taking shape in and near a former Hy-Vee grocery store,…