WednesdayJuly 23, 2025

Lane Evans Memorial Highway aims to keep his legacy alive

Will help inspire new generation of leaders
By: Kenda Burrows|July 23, 2025
|9 min read
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    • Current and former political leaders unveil the sign for the new Rep. Lane Evans Memorial Highway that runs through Moline. CREDIT ED TIBBETTS

    More than 10 years after Lane Evans’ death and some two decades after Parkinson’s Disease led him to leave Congress, fans gathered on Tuesday, July 22 to say “Thank heavens for Lane Evans” and celebrate a more concrete way to keep his memory alive.

    Under a hot sun and just a block from Interstate 74 in…

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