Tag: showcase
RI Rotary helps MLK Center build day camp outdoor classroom
Hundreds of students who attend the Martin Luther King Center’s summer day camp program will enjoy the use of a new outdoor classroom thanks...
Bettendorf’s Meier Park begins $260K makeover project
Bettendorf’s Meier Park, 611 Holmes St., is going to start looking very different as City of Bettendorf Parks Maintenance Crews replace the existing playground...
Arsenal to host Korean War 70th anniversary wreath-laying event
The Korean War Veterans Association Quad Cities Chapter 168 will hold a ceremony to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and...
RI Port District, youth employment among QC legislative wins
The Rock Island Port District, funding for Destination Iowa, new property tax reforms and changes to eligibility for youth employment were among the wins...
Dick’s House of Sport filled with ‘wow moments’
The remodeled and rebranded Dick’s Sports Goods store – now called Dick’s House of Sport – is all about “wow moments.”
Those moments come when...
Illinois payroll jobs rise in June, unemployment rate drops
Illinois’ unemployment rate dropped to 4% in June, a decrease of -0.1 percentage points and the fourth consecutive decline recorded by the state, according...
WIU names Messersmith new director of governmental relations
Zach Messersmith, the former director of government relations for the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB), will take on a similar post at Western...
Beacon of Hope celebrates 30 years in Quad Cities
When it comes to hospice work, Kandy Mecum puts it bluntly: It’s not for everybody; it takes special people to help patients facing hospice...