Mason Moss, a 32-year-old alum of Rock Island High School, is literally living his dream, as music director, conductor and keyboard player for “Come From Away” at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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WVIK newsroom staff compiled a list of races across our entire listening area ahead of Election Day on November 3.
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British filmmaker Ken Russell's 1971 film "The Devils" adapts Aldous Huxley's 1952 non-fiction classic "Devils of Loudun," detailing how an entire French city tore itself apart over allegations of witchcraft stemming from manipulation by the church and state.
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The nearly century-old sports arena hosted the first official National Basketball Association game after the merger of the two former leagues in 1949. If the state approves, the district will place a plaque on the field house.
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Davenport Parks and Recreation is launching a weekly program with AmeriCorps called “STRONG Minds” to build relationship and communication skills for kids aged 12 to 15. The first session will occur on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
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Monday means another weekend of religious services across the Quad Cities … has come and gone. This week, WVIK’s Joseph Leahy joined worshipers at Word of Life Church on 7th Avenue in Rock Island and has this profile in faith.
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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change continues at The Black Box Theatre, 1623 – 5th Avenue in Moline, October 16,17, 22, 23, and 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday October 18 at 2:00 p.m.
News From Illinois
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Pritzker and Bailey sparred over President Donald Trump, the Chicago Bears, data centers and more.
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The Illinois Department of Transportation has repeatedly expressed concerns about Evanston’s motor fuel tax expenditures. Now, a city council member wants to improve competition for contracts and compel the city to follow state rules.
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A moratorium on data center applications in Tazewell County is one step away from reaching the county board. The board's Land Use committee is expected to send the moratorium to the board for a vote.
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The messages he sent in 2025 repeatedly invoked the phrase ‘pain and tears forever’
News from Iowa
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The John Deere Foundation's farm-to-plate initiative includes $17 million for Feeding America partner food banks and $1.5 million for The Farmlink Project, which rescues surplus produce from farms that would otherwise go to waste. Several food banks in Iowa plan to scale-up purchases from nearby farms with the additional funding.
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More children from mixed-status families are being separated from their parents through detention or deportation. Researchers and advocates believe the trauma of being split up predisposes a generation to health, academic and economic consequences.
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How the dissolution of the separation of church and state opens the door to unchecked power.
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Both candidates say they want Iowa students to succeed. But Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand disagree over who should qualify for education savings accounts and how the money should be monitored.
Harvest Public Media
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Researchers recently traced the birthplace of the world’s dominant cotton species to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Their sleuthing also uncovered a treasure trove of genetic diversity in wild populations, which could eventually make the crop more resilient.
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Sargento has developed a natural American cheese, hoping to give consumers classic melt without added ingredients.
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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.
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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.
Join Kai Swanson on a trip along the Danube river to visit a series of historic Christmas Markets.
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