The conference will focus on erosion control and stormwater management to prepare for spring construction.

This Friday night, Oct. 9, will be a special one at Quad City Arts, 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island, celebrating a new exhibit and a 25-year employee.

The Rebuild Nepal Education Foundation is gearing up to fly to Nepal to support recovery efforts following a devastating avalanche and flash flooding in late August.

Republican incumbent statehouse Representative Norlin Mommsen is running for its seventh term in office, representing District 70 since 2023. He is facing Democrat George Pickup, a retired teacher and principal.

Collected Stories continues at Richmond Hill Players Barn Theatre in Geneseo, Thursday through Saturday, October 8 through 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 11 at 3:00 p.m.

Tapestry Farms invites the community this week to the second-annual Harvest Moon Celebration, music and traditional Arabic sweets in support of refugees rebuilding their lives in the Quad Cities.

Sports betting, video gambling continue to drive increase

The Illinois Republican Party is asking the attorney general’s office to oversee the Champaign County clerk’s efforts to correct mislabeled ballots that were sent to hundreds of voters.

Illinois is facing a diesel-fuel price disaster, according to Gov. JB Pritzker. He’s directed state agencies not to penalize the use of tax-exempt red-dyed diesel on roads. While he calls it a cost-saving measure, the leader of the Illinois Fuel and Retail Association says more clarity is needed.

Read the results of the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership survey.

Our sense of community is tied to economic opportunity, and according to CBS News, wealth inequality hit its widest gap in three decades. Not only that, discrimination and segregation have created more inequality for people of color.

The candidates for Iowa governor clashed over the political issues Tuesday night while sparring over where Republican Zach Lahn lives and how Democrat Rob Sand funds his campaign.

UpLift’s Central Iowa Emergency Rental Assistance study is looking at how long emergency rental assistance should be provided to families in a crisis for them to regain economic stability.

Audiences across the political spectrum used to consume the same basic set of facts from the major news networks. Today, political slants in coverage and individualized algorithms have Americans debating completely different realities.

People have harvested wild foods for millennia, but learning how to do it today is harder, because fewer people have those skills. These groups are teaching people to eat "field to fork" again.

Across the central U.S., more communities are passing ordinances to regulate renewable infrastructure development. A University of Missouri study examines the economic impact of renewable energy in rural areas.

More farmers are showing interest in sorghum, a drought-tolerant grain. The crop is poised to expand in the U.S. – especially if Americans start consuming it.

Harvest season is nearing for many farmers. But the railroads that transport their harvested grain have raised their shipping costs with record-high diesel prices. That could mean lower grain prices for growers.