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Rally goal aims to protect health care for Iowans

Health care in Iowa and the nation is under attack. Financial cuts are being made to Medicaid and Medicare. Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies could expire, which would send health care premiums soaring. Americans and Iowans could soon face skyrocketing…

Heart education series set for Aug. 30

A Heart to Heart Community Education Series is set for 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30,…

Illinois unemployment rate slips amid July job growth

Illinois’ statewide unemployment rate fell -0.1 percentage point to 4.4%, while nonfarm payrolls increased by…

Illinois unemployment rate jobless IDES decline

Quad Cities Housing Council hosts Rent-It-Forward event

Area housing organizations, including the Quad Cities Housing Council, will hold a Lunch and Learn…

Aldi store to open Sept. 1 in Bettendorf

A new Aldi discount grocery store is set to open Thursday, Sept. 1, at 3221…

A new Aldi discount grocery store is scheduled to open on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 3221 Devils Glen Road, Bettendorf. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Untamed Equity focuses on TIF lending

A new startup company launched by Emily Blaylock – and spun out of Northwest Bank…

Public hearing set for proposed Moline cannabis dispensary

The City of Moline staff is recommending that the city’s planning commission OKs a special-use…

The former Aldi grocery store, located at 2727 Avenue of the Cities, Moline, could become the site of a new cannabis dispensary if a special-use permit is approved by the city.

Moline 150 promises music, arts, food, fun, history and more

After seven months of planning, Moline Sesquicentennial organizers are putting the finishing touches on a…

Moline 150 logo

Hilltop gets ‘rave reviews’ during business tour

The Hilltop Campus Village (HCV) in Davenport received some “rave reviews” during a visit last…

Kathy La Plante, center, Main Street America’s senior program officer and director of coordinating program services, visits with Robbie Wolfe, a star of the TV series “American Pickers” at his shop in Davenport, and Molly Otting Carlson, Hilltop Campus Village executive director, during a tour of Davenport’s Hilltop on Thursday, Aug. 18.

Over 250 Corvettes roaring into LeClaire to support veterans 

FOR VETS, a non-profit organization is hosting the event “Vettes on the River, Vettes Supporting…

Corvettes line the LeClaire parking lot by the Mississippi River for the popular Vettes on the River car show.

New rehab hospital in Moline is ready for patients

A new $33 million, 40-bed rehabilitation hospital will soon be open for business and patients.…

$20M re-imagination of Hoover library will bring history to new generation

WEST BRANCH, Iowa – Imagine a sensory experience of sight and sound that puts you…

Deere posts 22% earnings increase, lowers FY22 projections

Deere & Co. reported nearly $1.9 billion in net income in the third quarter –…

Iowa jobless rate drops in July

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 2.5% in July, down from 2.6% in June…

Davenport CitiBus will add 4 electric buses to fleet

The City of Davenport announced it will add four electric buses to its CitiBus fleet…

‘Opportunity Knocks’ job fair is Aug. 22

IowaWORKS will host an “Opportunity Knocks” job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday,…

IowaWORKS health care NorthPark Mall expo