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Some five years after beginning its search for an expansion site, Fair Oaks Foods, LLC, quietly began operations recently at its new Davenport plant in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center.  CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Fair Oaks Foods’ new $134M plant now sizzling in Davenport  

Some five years after beginning its search for an expansion site, Fair Oaks Foods, LLC, quietly began operations recently at its new Davenport plant in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center.  Fair Oaks announced its soft opening in a blog post…

$1.5M in repair funds available for low-income QC homeowners

Residents in the Illinois Quad Cities soon will be able to apply for more than…

Chipotle plans new restaurant in Davenport

A Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant will soon be built on a Davenport site that was…

Lilker joins IMEG, expands QC firm’s New York footprint

Lilker Associates Consulting Engineers of Manhattan has joined IMEG less than a month after the…

Construction set to begin on The Landing in Bettendorf

The City of Bettendorf has announced  that General Constructors, Inc. (GCI) of Bettendorf has been…

American Power Systems rolls out new RPM alternators line

American Power Systems, Inc. (APS) has developed a new series of lower turn-on RPM alternators…

Revv Aviation sends planes from QC to damaged flight school

A Kansas City-based flight school ravaged by a storm is back up and running thanks…

ATD Flight Systems

Bakery business warms up in QC

The Quad Cities area is about to see a lot more cupcakes, Bundt cakes, pound…

WIU, Augustana sign agreement for sport management program

Western Illinois University and Augustana College have signed an agreement that will give Augustana students…

Western Illinois University

WIU hosts Supply Chain Management conference Friday

About 40% of jobs in the U.S. are related to supply chains, according to a…

United Way’s Day of Caring is May 18

United Way Quad Cities is rounding up more than 1,000 volunteers for the annual Spring…

(from left) Jonathan Schmidt, Tony Harland and Madalynn Baez work in a garden box outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rock Island on Thursday, Sept. 15, during United Way Quad Cities’ Day of Caring events.

MercyOne Clinton, North Heath Plaza designated ‘Baby-Friendly’

CLINTON, Iowa –  MercyOne Clinton Medical Center and MercyOne North Health Plaza were recently recognized…

Grow Clinton to host Diversity, Equity and Inclusion session May 10

CLINTON, Iowa – Grow Clinton is partnering with Iowa State University Extension for a Diversity,…

Free symposium explores finding happiness in challenging times

Challenges ranging from gun violence and severe weather to war and political rhetoric can take…

UnityPoint offers dementia prevention program in Muscatine

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Learn more about dementia prevention through a free community presentation “Social Isolation…

RI County 4-H members and alumni receive scholarships

The Rock Island Rotary Club, in partnership with the Rock Island County Extension and 4-H…