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New Aldi grocery opens; hundreds of people crowd into store Rick Lerch didn’t get much sleep Wednesday night. He was thinking about the new Aldi grocery store in Moline that had its grand opening at 8 a.m.

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09.10.2025 20:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Birdies for Charity surpasses $200M mark in local donations Micaela Booth calls Birdies for Charity – the fundraising portion of the John Deere Classic golf tournament – a "game changer” that greatly benefits many

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09.10.2025 19:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bettendorf sports complex field rebranded as Crawford Field The new $14 million sports complex in northern Bettendorf has a new sponsor and new name for its turf field. That 113,00-square-foot  Forest Grove Sports

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07.10.2025 18:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Building A Brighter Future’ – Work begins on child daycare center A new $15.7 million child daycare center in Rock Island will be a state-of-the-art learning facility and “help shape the future of the Quad Cities.” Those

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06.10.2025 18:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘There’s so much love of food in this town’ Jeff Fike had a busy day on Wednesday, Oct. 1.  He was in the middle of the many big and little jobs – and many pallets of food – that need to be done and

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03.10.2025 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Foodies experience new sensations at Taste of East Moline Willie Eccles loved just about everything at the fourth annual Taste of East Moline – a fundraiser event that attracts foodies and helps support many East

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03.10.2025 15:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hand in Hand leader honored for helping ‘great teacher’ Brileigh McCumsey left her job as a teacher at Hand in Hand in Bettendorf to serve her country a few months ago. The Quad Cities woman joined nearly 2,000

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29.09.2025 20:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Downtown Rock Island is the place to be,’ mayor says Downtown Rock Island has a new look, a rebrand and a lot of new energy. That energy was on display during a Downtown Rock Island celebration on Thursday,

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26.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Arsenal wants to outgrow its ‘hidden gem’ status Not too long ago, many people looked at the Rock Island Arsenal and Arsenal Island and saw a “black hole in the middle of the Mississippi River” that few

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24.09.2025 18:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reaching for the skies: Girls get a look at aviation jobs As young girls attended the Girls in Aviation Day celebration on Saturday, Sept. 20, one of the first items they came across was a cardboard frame that

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22.09.2025 19:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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QC’s young professionals told to ‘keep going, keep growing’ Some young professionals in the Quad Cities urged their friends and co-workers to “sparkle.” Others urged people to be kind, help others, be mentors and

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19.09.2025 16:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New school ‘feels like home already’ Sophia Fernas loves her new school – St. Joan of Arc Catholic School at 6900 Hopewell Ave., Bettendorf. The $38 million project – the first Catholic

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19.09.2025 15:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Master Plan goal: Make Hilltop a ‘destination in Davenport’ Brian Kramer wants to make the Hilltop Campus Village (HCV) a great place to shop, do business and attract visitors. He wants to see vacant lots and

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17.09.2025 18:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Taylor Ridge school will give kids ‘best possible start’ TAYLOR RIDGE, Illinois – Johnna Kerres remembers when she was an 8-year-old girl. The adults in her life would tell her she was a lucky girl because her

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12.09.2025 15:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rock Island celebrating new energy, welcoming spaces Downtown Rock Island is getting a new look – and now a rebrand. The Rock Island City Council this week approved a new brand for the downtown area. Under

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09.09.2025 19:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Robert Young Center is ‘centerpiece of growth’ The UnityPoint Health – Robert Young Center continues to expand access to mental health services in the Quad Cities, making needed changes and helping

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05.09.2025 15:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New mural helps ‘activate’ downtown Bettendorf Creating a new mural for downtown Bettendorf became an emotional experience for local artist William Gustafson. That mural, called Arches, depicts the

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05.09.2025 15:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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R.A. Jones celebrates 120 years of helping customers The R.A. Jones company at 807 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport, has plenty to celebrate these days. It is celebrating its 120th anniversary, recently had an

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04.09.2025 18:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cinnamon rolls to drinks: New Bakehouse is open for business The new Bakehouse in East Moline is more than a bakery that serves a lot of coffee and energy drinks. It’s also a passion project for the owners. “We did

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03.09.2025 19:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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QC Labor Day Parade honors union, workers, community Quintin Waterman was looking to the future and remembering the past Monday morning, Sept. 1, at the start of the 2025 Quad Cities Labor Day Parade in East

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02.09.2025 17:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sweet ‘magic’ returns as Chocolate Manor reopens in Davenport Life may not always be like a box of chocolates, but they make life a little sweeter and magical. That’s the view of the new owners of a longtime

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29.08.2025 15:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Entrepreneurs Summit leader: ‘We can grow together’ Catherine Tran knows this is an era when many immigrants feel uncertainty and fear when it comes to federal policies and actions. But at an immigrant

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26.08.2025 21:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘It was a blast’ – Rappellers go ‘Over the Edge’ to help kids Pam Langfitt just rappelled down 11 stories (or 140 feet) on the north side of the Hotel Blackhawk in downtown Davenport. Within seconds of hitting the

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25.08.2025 15:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Black Hawk College’s renovated Building 2 ready for students Rachel Savage is a big fan of Black Hawk College’s updated Building 2 on the Moline campus. That building just went through a massive $29 million

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25.08.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LeClaire YMCA will be ‘real big deal for everybody’ LECLAIRE, Iowa – This community will soon have an $18 million “landmark” two-building YMCA facility offering some of the best views in the region. Once it

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21.08.2025 15:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fleet Feet Davenport gets ‘cool’ national honor Phil Young wants people to know that when they walk into the Fleet Feet Davenport store, they are not just buying shoes or other merchandise – they are

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19.08.2025 19:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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QC Corporate Games: Event promotes wellness, teamwork Paulette Day had a great time during the fifth annual Quad Cities Corporate Games this summer. She had a wonderful time competing in events, such as

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18.08.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Family Resources marks 175 years of helping people Family Resources celebrated its rich history with a milestone birthday on Tuesday, Aug. 12, while also looking forward to big plans for the future. Some

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13.08.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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QC Success Fair connects people to jobs, services Fair Oaks Foods is looking for more than 250 workers to fill a variety of jobs. Veterans Choice Contracting is looking for people for sales positions. And

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13.08.2025 19:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kids sell slime, bracelets, 3D toys, keychains at market Cayson Lerch loves slime – the gooey mixture of ingredients that has become a popular toy with many children.  He loves it so much that he helped create a

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11.08.2025 17:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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