It’s 13th Century Mongolia, you climb up on your horse to ride all day. Conquering villages, winking at village hotties, and building up a hunger only one thing could satiate. The good ole classic Hamburger. Well, I’m sorry 13th Century Mongolian Rider, although you’ve slipped some all beef patties between your horse and saddle to […]
The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) continued its statewide “Manufacturing Matters” tour with a stop at Deere & Company to detail the results of a new economic impact study measuring the industry’s significant contributions to the state and regional economy. In Rock Island County, the study found the industry creates $4.9 billion in economic output each […]
The Quad Cities Community Foundation has named Kent Pilcher the new chairperson of its board of directors. Replacing outgoing chairperson Randy Moore, Pilcher brings nearly seven years of service to the Community Foundation, most recently as board vice chair and Investment Committee chair, and a long history of local community leadership. His term as chair […]
WesleyLife is pleased to receive a $500,000 Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant that will assist the organization in transforming a building in the Drake University neighborhood of Des Moines into a new Meals on Wheels campus, WesleyLife leaders announced today. “We’re honored to receive this generous gift and grateful that Prairie Meadows is supporting this effort […]
The Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services, has finalized its policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program and the Afterschool Care Snack Program. State and Local school officials […]
Huge round of applause to the Quad-Cities’ Davenport Southeast Little League 12u Allstars. You represented your community and your league with class!! You may not have won the Little League World Series but you are all Champions in our hearts!!
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Western Illinois University international students have new scholarship opportunities at WIU, thanks to the efforts of 2005 and 2010 alumnus Matthew Toland. Toland, who serves as the WIU Alumni Council president, recently established the President Huang International Student Scholarship to honor the inauguration of Guiyou Huang as WIU’s 12th president. Efforts to […]
The Bettendorf Community School District is announcing recent selections for district administrators beginning their new positions for the 2022-2023 school year. Jillian Bresnan Principal Grant Wood Elementary We are pleased to announce that Jillian Bresnan has been selected as the Grant Wood Elementary Principal beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, pending board approval. Bresnan […]
U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos and Marcy Kaptur joined the House Agriculture Committee in holding a Farm Bill listening session at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio. The session was the third in a series entitled, “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field,” aimed at providing the House Agriculture Committee and […]
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) on Tuesday announced the Quad City Tennis Club in Moline, Illinois, is a winner in the USTA’s annual Outstanding Facility Awards program, which recognizes excellence in the construction and/or renovation of tennis facilities throughout the country. Chris and Pamela Ontiveros, owners of Quad City Tennis Club, received the award at the […]
