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MTI names top welders, awards scholarships
Midwest Technical Institute (MTI) hosted its annual High School Welding Competition at its Moline campus on Saturday, April 18. The 2026 competition awarded $16,000 in MTI scholarships to 15 local high school students to help them pursue a career in…
Iowa workforce grants to expand apprenticeship programs
Aiming to build up its pipeline of workers for the next generation, Iowa Workforce Development…

Historic Fairport Fish Hatchery unveils trail signs
FAIRPORT, Iowa — Friends of Fairport Fish Hatchery will host its 2nd Annual Earth Day…

Black Hawk College hosts healthcare job fair
Black Hawk College is hosting a healthcare job fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,…

Shred old documents at First Central State Bank events
First Central State Bank will once again host free shred events in eastern Iowa. This…

CASI’s Chip in Fore Seniors tournament is Sept. 6
Registration is open for CASI’s best ball golf tournament planned for Friday, Sept. 6, at…

Glass Heritage: Restoring stained glass, building relationships
The glass is an eye catcher. It could be 100-year-old, stained-glass windows creating waves of…

Expansion project underway to double Parr’s Moline footprint
The $22.5 million project to double the size of Parr Instrument Company hit high gear…

New Operating Engineers union hall will make ‘powerful statement’
A new state-of-the-art union hall building will soon start taking shape in southwest Rock Island.…

New Necker’s Jewelers – ‘it just makes the area shine’
Shubhangi Garg loved what she was seeing at the new Necker’s Jewelers store in Davenport.…

MercyOne: Ensure healthcare wishes with advance directives
MercyOne is urging adults to commit to completing advance directives in honor of Healthcare Decisions…

Join United Way’s Day of Caring on April 25
United Way Quad Cities is looking for volunteers for its annual Spring Day of Caring…

IowaWORKS to offer career services in Clinton
CLINTON, Iowa – IowaWORKS will begin offering in-person career services on a weekly basis to…

QCR Holdings celebrates 30 years as it nears $10B mark
When QCR Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Quad City Bank & Trust, was created…

QCBT still banking on relationships, service today
When the Quad Cities experienced a series of bank acquisitions in the 1990s, local banker…

LaHood urges QC to go all in on passenger rail service
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood celebrated the Interstate 74 bridge by calling on local…





