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Bluebird Fiber completes purchase of Everstream assets, operations  

Bluebird Fiber, the Midwest’s leading business-only fiber network with locations in the Quad Cities, has completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets and operations of  Everstream, a 25,000-route-mile fiber network serving business customers in the Midwest.   Based in…

EICC Career Advancement Centers provide access to job training

DEWITT, Iowa – Shadowed by the steel frame of the new 26,000-square-foot DeWitt Career Advancement…

Empower House hosts 5K run and fun this weekend 

Empower House will hold its 2nd Annual Spooktacular on Saturday, Oct. 8, at Quinlan Court in…

Bettendorf Rotary collecting blankets for the homeless

The Rotary Club of Bettendorf has kicked off its second annual Bettendorf Rotary Blanket Drive…

Businesses, union leaders battle over Workers Rights Amendment

The battle lines are drawn between organized labor and business leaders over a proposed Illinois…

Nestle Purina celebrates $156M expansion in Clinton

CLINTON, Iowa – Nestle Purina’s pet food and product facility is celebrating a major business…

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 5, celebrated a $156 million expansion project at the Purina plant in Clinton.

Life Fitness Center sale approved by Bettendorf council

Bettendorf’s Life Fitness Center is going to be sold.  The Bettendorf City Council on Tuesday…

Blaze Restoration fundraiser aids St. Florian Burn Foundation 

St. Florian Burn Foundation’s work with burn survivors has received a financial boost thanks to…

Deere-Wiman ‘special house’ worth preserving

“If these walls could talk,” is often said of places that bear witness to history.…

Work begins on Iowa American Water’s new $10M facility

Iowa American Water in Davenport is getting some much needed elbow room. The utility will…

Iowa American Water and Bush Construction officials take part in a ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

QCBJ recognizes its first Forty Under 40 honorees

A group of 40 young professionals who represent area businesses, nonprofits, governments and other organizations…

Naeve Family Beef retail store set to open

CAMANCHE, Iowa  – Naeve Family Beef  – the meat processing facility that opened for business…

Tappas ready to retire, sell west-end institution

After a 40-year run of operating their namesake restaurant/bar, Cliff and Jan Tappa are hanging…

IMEG Corp. expands in Ohio, grows to 2,000+ team members

IMEG Corp., a Quad Cities-based leading full-service engineering firm, has acquired the engineering division of…

C&W Fall Fest attracts truckers from across nation

Truckers from across the nation gathered in downtown Bettendorf on Saturday, Oct. 1, for a…

Pritzker Administration invests $6M in meat and poultry supply chain

A new Illinois grant program, announced Friday, Sept. 30, will help support independently-owned meat and…

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