Featured

Moline invests $120 million to upgrade wastewater plant
The City of Moline officially broke ground this week on a $120 million upgrade to the South Slope Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 2800 48th Ave. The facility serves as the Rock River Valley Regional Sewer System for the City…
Rock Island police celebrate Pink Badge Month
Members of the Rock Island Police Department are wearing new pink breast cancer awareness badges…

IMEG acquires Philadelphia-area engineering firm
Giovanetti Shulman Associates Consulting Engineers, a Philadelphia-area mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and low voltage…
Green Current Solutions: Helping the environment, one pallet at a time
EAST MOLINE — A new company in this community has big goals — save thousands…

Bubble’s Boba Tea: All about ‘heart and passion,’ good tea
“We have some unique flavors.” That’s the word from Jen Hart, who owns the new…

New murals bring ‘many levels of good’ to Park Vista residents
Kathleen DeSchepper looked at the new murals inside the Park Vista Retirement Living – North…

Swensen Center gets $50K grant to protect historic archives
Augustana College’s Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center will receive $50,000 to help ensure that the…

QCBJ to host 2nd annual Commercial Real Estate Symposium
The Quad Cities Regional Business Journal will explore current trends in the region’s real estate…

‘We can improve lives,’ new EICC interim chancellor says
“We are doing great things here.” That’s the word from Liang Chee Wee, the newly…

Worker information meeting set for Sivyer Steel employees
IowaWORKS, in partnership with Sivyer Steel and the United Steelworkers, will host an information meeting…

37th Student Hunger Drive kicks off Oct. 2 at Spotlight Theater
After last year’s event raised a record 817,038 meals, the Student Hunger Drive is back.…

Chamber report ‘cautiously optimistic’ about QC economic future
The Quad Cities continued to record slightly lower inflation than the national average as its…

Better Health Foundation goal to improve community health
Quad Citians who need more or better health services could soon get some help. That’s…

Career Expo: Event highlights jobs, adventures, robots
Hundreds of students and recent graduates were searching for that perfect job on Wednesday, Sept.…

$111K Looser-Flake grant growing Mercer County creative arts
More than $111,000 has been distributed through the Mercer County-based Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation and it…

Bettendorf Police urge public to join them in Pink Patch Project
Throughout October, Bettendorf Police are adding a touch of pink to their blue uniforms and…





