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Supporters help Build a Dream for future Habitat families
While raising more than $75,000 to turn dreams of homeownership into reality, Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities also honored one of its own for her longtime leadership of the Davenport-based nonprofit. More than 300 Quad Citians gathered Friday night, Oct.…
Forty Under 40: Young leaders step forward in the QC
Shortly after Brooke Sweeney-Adrian, director of human resources for Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, received an…

Blue Grass teen honored for helping local vets
BLUE GRASS – Quad Cities area high school student Abigail Johnson who is helping veterans…
Putnam History On Tap ‘where education meets libation’
The Putnam Museum will add a monthly event called History on Tap designed to serve…

Save the date for Mercado on Fifth’s 2023 Día de los Muertos parade
Mercado on Fifth is urging Quad Citians to save the date on Oct. 28. That’s…

‘Vettes on River’ will be Aug. 26 in LeClaire
LECLAIRE, Iowa – Vettes on the River – a show featuring more than 250 Corvettes…

‘Power of Place’ conference is set
The Western Illinois University Museum Studies program, together with the Figge Art Museum and the…

East Moline Community Fund taking grant apps through Sept. 1
The East Moline Community Fund, a partner of The Moline Foundation, is accepting grant applications…

QC unemployment rate increases to 4.4% in July
The Quad Cities unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4% in July as its total nonfarm…
Sorensen: Group O is a ‘story of success’
MILAN – U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Illinois) is calling Group O a company that is…

$25K Deere grant helps Waterloo students Discover the Dream
A $25,000 grant from Moline-based John Deere will boost the University of Northern Iowa Discover…

QC volunteers get ready to go ‘Over the Edge’
Brave volunteers will soon take to the rooftop of Hotel Blackhawk and rappel down the…

Help Lead(h)er celebrates 7th Birthday, Girl on Fire awards
Lead(h)er is turning seven years old in 2023 and to celebrate the organization is once…

Local organizations to host golf cart tours for seniors
The Friends of the Bettendorf Parks Foundation and Bettendorf Parks and Recreation will host the…

UPDATE: Republic elects Wade as fourth CEO of century-old company
The board of directors at Republic has elected Todd Wade, one of its division presidents,…

UPDATED: Clinton welcomes new $224M plant Atlas plant
CLINTON, Iowa – “This is an historic project for Clinton. … Its impact will last…





