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Taste of LeClaire gets a taste of summer

LECLAIRE – Donna Walley was busy helping customers find their perfect gifts in her business – Aunt Hattie’s Fanciful Emporium – on Saturday afternoon, March 21.  She helped them find toys, games, socks and even t-shirts with the phrases “Please…

Deere & Co. earnings report John Deere laid off

Farm economy struggles

Lukas DeWitt

Jordan Delp

Is ‘location, location, location’ all that matters?

“I’m really lucky that I live in a time when location doesn’t really matter,” said…

Lindsay O'Brien remote work

In the Works: October 2023 construction projects around the QC

The QCBJ’s In the Works feature spotlights new building construction, commercial additions and other renovation…

4521 E. 53rd Street, Davenport

The Garrison restaurant opens with ‘wow’ factor

The Garrison restaurant in downtown Davenport is another “shining star” in the Davenport business community.…

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Robinson proving to be right ambassador for RI downtown

De’Andre Robinson has only been the Rock Island Downtown Alliance operations manager for a little…

De’Andre Robinson Rock Island

Cleaner, safer streets herald downtown RI revitalization

Visitors to downtown Rock Island don’t have to look too far these days to see…

Rock Island Downtown Alliance

SCC health center to create ‘next generation of health care heroes’

Hundreds of people got to see classrooms that are being used to train future nurses,…

New Vera French clinic ‘is going to make all the difference’

Connie Moreno looked over a colorful mural that covered part of a wall on the…

Parr Instrument spotlighted as Illinois ‘Maker on the Move’

The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association “Makers on the Move” statewide bus tour celebrated Manufacturing Month on…

Makers on the Move IMA Parr Instrument

Space race: QC airport might be in running to be a spaceport

The Quad Cities International Airport could one day be home to a spaceport that is…

Black Hawk College renovation projects move forward

Black Hawk College is moving forward with its series of renovations and updates on the…

Royal Neighbors seeks to grow giving exponentially

Since taking over at Royal Neighbors of America in January, President & CEO Zarifa Reynolds…

Royal Neighbors grant giving

QC urged to Walk for Freedom to help save trafficking victims

Quad Citians who want to raise awareness of human trafficking and walk to aid victims…

human trafficking Walk for Freedom District 6420

Steamboat Island: Project will improve ‘mosaic of river habitats’

PRINCETON, Iowa – A $33.6 million habitat restoration project is underway with the goal of…

Levee Safety Act aims to prevent costly, dangerous floods

Thirty years after the Quad Cities and other river communities were inundated by the Great…

levee safety

Royal Neighbors CEO’s path to QC paved by generosity

Zarifa Reynolds’ journey to Royal Neighbors of America can be traced back to when she…

Zarifa Reynolds Royal Neighbors