Featured

Regional housing markets show strong price growth in 2025
Home prices in the regional market continue to outpace national trends, with some local metropolitan areas seeing annual appreciation rates more than triple the U.S. average, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) report. The 2025 fourth-quarter Housing Price…
‘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…

QC to share $848K in Illinois grants to attack housing blight
Moline, Rock Island and Kewanee will receive a combined $848,000 in Rebuild Illinois funds to…

QC praised for its help with ‘Great American’ bicycle trail
Matthew Timion loves to ride his bicycle. He rides it just about everywhere, and his…

Earliest Moline settlers come to life at historic Riverside Cemetery
Echoes from Moline’s past as seen through the eyes of the leaders who built the…

EICC prepares to name new interim chancellor
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is expected to have a new interim chancellor soon. The EICC…

Trio of ‘remarkable’ women named Girls on Fire by Lead(h)er
Lead(h)er marked its seventh anniversary with a “dazzling” Birthday Party celebration and the 2023 Girl…

Davenport awarded $2.7M for riverfront rail safety improvements
The Federal Railroad Administration has announced a $2.7 million grant to the City of Davenport…

Muscatine and Iowa’s first 3D-printed home needs to be rebuilt
MUSCATINE, Iowa – The first-in-the-state 3D-printed home that is under construction in this community just…





