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QC jobs down, August unemployment steady over 2024
The August unemployment rate in the Quad Cities was unchanged at 5.3% over last year while total nonfarm jobs decreased -1,700 compared to August 2024, according to data provided by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Statewide the over-the-year…
Naeve Family Beef plant property up for auction
CAMANCHE, Iowa – A meat processing plant in this community that closed its doors last…

Safer Sacks fundraiser highlights national Second Chance Month
Time is running out to get in your lunch order for Safer Foundation Quad Cities’…

Rock Valley PT welcomes clinic to make kids’ lives better
Rock Valley Physical Therapy celebrated yet another expansion on Tuesday, April 9, when leaders cut…

Henry County loan fund approves two business projects
A Coal Valley machine shop and a new massage and wellness center in Colona have…

Grand opening set for new QC Christian School gymnasium
A new gymnasium at Quad Cities Christian School, 4000 11th St., A, Moline, will be…

Sculpture, yoga, meditation create an oasis of calm at Figge
The Figge Art Museum’s Sculpture Garden – which marries large works of art with the…

UnityPoint Health Virtual Care options come to Illinois
UnityPoint Health’s on-demand virtual care offerings are expanding to patients located in Illinois, Nebraska and…

Comedian Nate Bargatze will appear Aug. 23 at Vibrant Arena
Comedian Nate Bargatze will bring his comedy tour, Be Funny, to the Vibrant Arena at…

Little Big Town Sugarland coming Nov. 16 to Vibrant Arena
Celebrating their 25th anniversary as one of country music’s most successful groups, multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning…

Gilda’s Club hosts free workshops on holistic health
Gilda’s Club is hosting two free educational workshops from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April…

Bonamassa at the Adler Nov. 29, tickets go on sale April 12
Tickets for the blues-rock superstar Joe Bonamassa Nov. 29 concert at the Adler Theater in…

WIU QC Museum Studies sponsors ‘Career Conversations’
Western Illinois University’s Museum Studies program will sponsor the 2024 Career Conversations from 6-7:30 p.m.…

DNR accepting Underserved Farmer grant applications
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has opened up a second round of applications for…

EICC names Pickard as vice chancellor
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) has announced the appointment of Jeremy Pickard as the vice…

UnityPoint Health celebrates Rehab Patients of the Year
UnityPoint Health recently celebrated its 2023 Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) Patients of the Year…





