Rock Island’s Illinois State Representative Mike Halpin (D-Rock Island) led a bi-partisan resolution in support of the Bison Bridge Foundation’s proposal to repurpose the Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River. The proposal passed through the Illinois house with bi-partisan support. Bison Bridge’s proposal, led by East Moline environmentalist, Chad Pregracke, includes a wildlife crossing […]
The Davenport Public Library will host a program on April 13th at 1pm |Main and |Virtual. When living under the same roof with someone who is dependent on alcohol or other drugs, children of addiction and other family members may adopt coping strategies that can create lasting negative effects. These coping strategies include individual roles […]
Genesis Health System is better optimizing emergency and convenient care services to increase capacity and enhance the ability to provide patients with the right care, in the right place, at the right time. This campus initiative will help the health system to better meet the needs of its communities, while also advancing delivery of specialized […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University students won the 2022 Illinois State Human Resources Case Competition organized by the Illinois State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). SHRM is the world’s largest professional association in human resources (HR), and students from any college/university in Illinois were eligible to participate. Western’s student chapter […]
The Quad City River Bandits are celebrating the local Hispanic and Latino community with a new 2022 Copa de la Diversión identity… ¡Bandidos del Río! The team is partnering with Group O to celebrate the Quad Cities’ Hispanic/Latino communities this summer by becoming “Bandidos del Rio” for each of the team’s 11 Wednesday home games. […]
Visit Quad Cities, the region’s official destination management and marketing organization (DMMO), announces a new initiative expanding the way visitors and Quad Citizens interact with destination assets. The brand-new QC Coffee Trail showcases nearly 30 local coffee shops and cafés in the Quad Cities regional destination that are participating in the new trail. The QC […]
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. To spark conversations about childhood well-being and build awareness of the community resources available for ensuring safe, healthy childhoods for all, EveryChild, formerly known as the Child Abuse Council, is leading a variety of events, activities, and community trainings throughout the month. “Childhood well-being is a community issue, and […]
It’s after three o’clock on a Monday afternoon and while most students have left school to go home, a group of students chooses to stay and learn. Laura Irish is a teacher at Rock Island Academy and started the Leopards Who Code club. Just in its first year, already 16 students have signed up. “I […]
Ryan Warren, a Western Illinois University graduate student in Sociology and a Peace Corps Fellow, from Savannah, MO, has been selected as the Spring 2022 recipient of The Sociological Masters Scholarship Award. This $1,000 award, funded by emeritus WIU faculty members Ken Mietus and Chris Adamski Mietus, is given annually to an outstanding graduate student […]
Atomic Coffee along John Deere in Rock Island is OPEN NOW! The shop had a soft opening to get things moving along smoothly over the weekend, but today, they’re good to go, open in the old Checkers along John Deere corridor. Earlier, it was reported that Atomic would be opening in Rock Island around March, […]
