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Project Renewal’s new Academic Center taking shape

Project Renewal in Davenport is getting a new look with a new $1 million Academic Center building that should be ready for young people in a few months. That 2,500-square-foot center is currently under construction at 510 Warren St., and…

Illinois Quad Cities to add area code; but don’t expect to see it soon

The Quad Cities will have a new area code to add to the bistate region’s…

Moline-based ARA gets ready for Florida trade show

Local leaders and members of an international trade association will soon take part in a…

Love’s Travel Stops: New business helps ‘road warriors’

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Truck drivers and other “road warriors” have a new business to help…

WIU named National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense

Western Illinois University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber…

Billiards championship event returns to RiverCenter

The tables are ready. It’s time for billiards. The American CueSports Alliance (ACS) Midwest 8-Ball…

Enthusiasm, faith keys to expanding Sound Conservatory

The owner of Rock Island’s Sound Conservatory is a man of enthusiasm and faith. Andrzej…

Register now for BBBS Putt-A-Round 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley (BBBSMV) is lining up participants for its…

Michelle Blunk brings together things that excite her ‘Within’

Michelle Blunk’s life work is all wrapped up in space — whether it is designing…

Genesis CEO leaving; tells health system’s new leader to pick a good team

Genesis Health System President and CEO Doug Cropper is leaving Genesis in June to take…

Renew Moline, Bush partner on ‘catalytic’ downtown project

Renew Moline is partnering with Bush Development to reimagine the old Riverstone headquarters property at…

Jeff Reiter will become Bettendorf’s 1st assistant city administrator

Jeff Reiter – the City of Bettendorf’s economic development director – will soon be doing…

St. Ambrose to open online nursing school

St. Ambrose University in Davenport will soon have a new option for nursing students when…

Beau Dexter named Genesis Health Group executive director

Beau Dexter was recently named executive director of the Genesis Health Group. He has been…

One Eighty: Group helps create comeback stories

Todd Rothenberger says his life was a mess. He was a drug abuser and overdosed.…

Midland Davis Corp. grows, believes: ‘There will always be something to recycle’

Marty Davis, president of Midland Davis Corp., likes the word “diversity.”  When it comes to…