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Muscatine’s River Rehab joins Rock Valley family

Rock Valley Physical Therapy is again stretching its reach with the addition of River Rehab Physical Therapy in Muscatine, Iowa, to its family of 60-plus Midwest clinics next month.  In a news release, Rock Valley Physical Therapy CEO Mike Horsfield…

New I-74 bridge, bike path record 1st fatality

More than five months after the opening of the long-awaited Interstate 74 Bridge and five…

Mayor: Davenport moving forward, ‘in a good place’

Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said a young friend recently moved to Davenport from a much…

Davenport Mayor Mike Matson gives his State of the City address Monday afternoon, May 23, at the Rhythm City Resort, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Project NOW awarded more federal funds for Head Start

Project NOW, which serves the Illinois Quad Cities region, has been awarded an additional $1.6…

Iowa primary features changes, contested races

EDITOR’S NOTE: Tuesday, June 7, is Primary Election Day in Iowa. Scott County polls are…

GROWTH kicks off long-awaited Shimer College reboot

Rock Island-based Economic Growth Corporation (GROWTH) is inviting people across the region to celebrate the…

Aerial view of Shimer College campus, GROWTH

Movies on the Mississippi rolls out in Davenport 

The Davenport Riverfront Improvement Commission will begin a Movies on the Mississippi outdoor film series…

Davenport election primary city administrator

Auxiliary lock to open for season at Lock 14

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announced this week that the auxiliary…

IowaWORKS hosts hiring event for health care  

IowaWORKS will host a health care hiring event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday,…

IowaWorks QC job fairs

Demand drives up Deere 2Q earnings, 2022 estimate

Despite ongoing supply chain issues and inflation pressures, continued strong demand for its products drove…

layoffs Deere & Co. earnings

QC Marathon reaches 25th anniversary milepost

BETTENDORF – A new bridge. A new course. A new logo. The TBK Bank Quad…

Illinois unemployment rate down, workforce up

Illinois’ unemployment rate continued to inch down, falling to 4.6% in April from March’s 4.7%…

QCBJ to host Fastest Growing Companies event

The Quad Cities Regional Business Journal is preparing to roll out its inaugural Fastest Growing…

Adcraft is looking for room to grow

CLINTON, Iowa – When Dan Sullivan looks over portions of his Adcraft Printwear business here,…

Kwik Star’s LeClaire journey hardly fast

Grading work began last week at the intersection of LeClaire’s South Cody Road (Highway 67)…

Honor Flight dinner showcases ‘great bunch of guys’ – and gals

Jeff Ostrand of Bettendorf applauded and held an American flag up high as dozens of…

A veteran and his wife arrive at the pre-flight dinner, held at Bettendorf’s Waterfront Convention Center, for veterans going on the next Honor Flight. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON