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Friendship Manor celebrates $12.5 million in renovations
Kendra Dennett loves the updated Emerald Wellness & Therapy Center at Friendship Manor in Rock Island. The Taylor Ridge, Illinois, woman is a physical therapy worker who helps Friendship’s senior residents with many different exercises such as sitting, standing, walking…
Teerlinck inducted into Blood Donation Hall of Fame
Brenna Teerlinck donates blood, even though it may not be her favorite activity. “In fact,…

Project Renewal’s new Academic Center taking shape
Project Renewal in Davenport is getting a new look with a new $1 million Academic…

Plant of the Year spotlights Deere’s Davenport Works
Davenport Works, the sprawling John Deere heavy equipment factory the company calls a “smart, connected…

MuscaBus stop amplifies story of girl who helped rewrite history
MUSCATINE, Iowa – City leaders, MuscaBus and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security are…

Birdies for Charity surpasses $200M mark in local donations
Micaela Booth calls Birdies for Charity – the fundraising portion of the John Deere Classic…

WIU Bilingual Early Learning & Family Center hosts party
Ten years after it was first envisioned, Western Illinois University leaders cut the ceremonial ribbon…

QCBJ event delves into The Plex, commercial real estate market
Commercial building projects around the TBK Bank Sports Complex in northern Bettendorf are moving full…

New Aldi grocery opens; hundreds of people crowd into store
Rick Lerch didn’t get much sleep Wednesday night. He was thinking about the new Aldi…

Rally goal aims to protect health care for Iowans
Health care in Iowa and the nation is under attack. Financial cuts are being made…

Bettendorf sports complex field rebranded as Crawford Field
The new $14 million sports complex in northern Bettendorf has a new sponsor and new…

‘Building A Brighter Future’ – Work begins on child daycare center
A new $15.7 million child daycare center in Rock Island will be a state-of-the-art learning…

‘There’s so much love of food in this town’
Jeff Fike had a busy day on Wednesday, Oct. 1. He was in the middle…

Foodies experience new sensations at Taste of East Moline
Willie Eccles loved just about everything at the fourth annual Taste of East Moline –…

$50.6B transportation plan could put QC passenger rail on track
Local leaders are celebrating the inclusion of $388.8 million for Quad Cities passenger rail in…

Moline gets set to welcome four new retail stores
Four new retail stores are taking shape in and near a former Hy-Vee grocery store,…
