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Grossman returning home as HHS’ Iowa Medicaid director
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has hired Wyoming’s Medicaid director and Iowa native Lee Grossman to lead the State of Iowa’s Medicaid program. Mr. Grossman will begin as Iowa Medicaid director in early September, Iowa HHS…
SCORE offers area in-person classes on business development
SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small business owners, is hosting a series of…

Rock Island Library hosts Pay What You Want Book Sale this weekend
It’s a little like Christmas in July for book lovers – a book sale where…

Bally’s agrees to $4.6 billion deal with hedge fund Standard General
The Bally’s Corporation, which owns Bally’s Quad Cities Casino and Hotel in Rock Island, has…

Anika Martin: Championing community impact through Birdies for Charity
No wonder Anika Martin is so at home in her new role as manager of…

Human trafficking survivor to share her story Aug. 17
A Quad Cities woman will tell her story of survival at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug.…

Iowa Secretary’s poll worker recruiting honored
A poll worker recruitment initiative launched by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate was recognized…

Air Force combat vets to get specialty Illinois license plates
Illinois State Sen. Mike Halpin’s measure to create specialty Air Force license plates was signed…

Miller named BHC’s first president emeritus
Former Black Hawk College President Keith Miller has been named the college’s first-ever president emeritus…

WIU museum studies director wins Iowa leadership award
Heidi Lung, the director of the museum studies graduate program at Western Illinois University in…

Deere confirms salaried worker cuts; outlines benefit package
Faced with lower customer demand for its equipment, declining sales and a challenging ag economy,…

Buy Sell Build QC brings ‘passion’ to region
P.T. Boeye is a fourth generation Realtor in the Quad Cities. He has seen the…

Molina Healthcare of Illinois donating backpacks in East Moline
Molina Healthcare of Illinois is teaming up with Focus On Our Community Inc. to host…

Bi-State panel OKs $3M in TASA funds for QC trail projects
More than $3 million in U.S. Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) funds have been approved for…

Senior Bix: 1,000 runners, walkers brave the rainy conditions
More than 1,000 runners and walkers hit the biking/walking trail in Bettendorf for the first…

Davenport’s Northwest Bank to be acquired by Time Bank
Northwest Bank & Trust Company, a longtime family-owned bank, is being acquired by what the…
