Rock Island
Mendoza named grand marshal of Rock Island Labor Day Parade
Tammy Mendoza, an office assistant III in the City of Rock Island’s Public Works Department, has been selected as the grand marshal for the 41st annual Rock Island Labor Day Parade. Ms. Mendoza, hired in 1976, is the second-longest serving…
Sarah Hayden named Rock Island community engagement manager
The City of Rock Island has hired former Dispatch-Argus and Quad-City Times reporter Sarah Hayden…
Postal credit union merges into Gas & Electric Credit Union
Members of the Quad Cities Postal Credit Union (QCPCU) have given their stamp of approval…
NEST Cafe: ‘This is a place for everybody’
Laura Mahn sees the problem with food, hunger and waste in this country in these…
Awards honor Rock Island residents for their yards
Each year, residents of Rock Island are encouraged to “Tell On Your Neighbor” by nominating the…
Grab the chance to help Rock Island spend $26.5 million
Rock Island residents, business owners and those who work in the city are being urged…
Rock Island Arsenal could see $85M manufacturing investment
The Rock Island Arsenal would receive $85 million for manufacturing investment under a U.S. defense…
Red, White and Boom preparing to blast into QC
The annual Bi-State Red, White and Boom celebration is getting ready to explode onto the…
Arts Alley Grant will help Rock Island tourism rock
With more than a half-million grant dollars and donations, the City of Rock Island is…
ACES ‘a force multiplier’ for Arsenal’s soldiers, civilians
The Rock Island Arsenal (RIA) and Western Illinois University Quad Cities (WIU-QC) celebrated on Monday,…
Rock Island swears in a new city manager
The Rock Island City Council formally welcomed new City Manager Todd Thompson to the community…
Royal Neighbors earns Great Place to Work honor
Royal Neighbors of America has been recognized as a Great Place to Work for the…
GROWTH kicks off long-awaited Shimer College reboot
Rock Island-based Economic Growth Corporation (GROWTH) is inviting people across the region to celebrate the…
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…
Street food: Food trucks stay hot in the Quad Cities
The food truck season is heating up for Chris Remrey. “We’ve got a pretty good…
Rock Island County forest preserve could get name by May, June
Quad Citians responded in a big way to the Rock Island County Forest Preserve Commission’s…