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The Rock Island Public Library has expanded its newspaper collection by adding a service called, NewsBank.
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GovernmentStarting today, the city says it's changing garbage pickup days to be the same as yard waste collection day.
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.How many temperance societies does a town need in order to keep its German immigrants from drinking beer? That’s the…
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The head of a museum in Muscatine wants to show people how Mississippi River mussels affected Iowa history.
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The Rock Island County Health Department wants people to help prevent COVID, the flu, and other respiratory illnesses this fall and winter.
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.One day in February of 1834, four Winnebago Indians appeared in the little frontier mining village of Dubuque in what…
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.We all know from experience how relentlessly the Wheel of Fortune turns, but seldom has it turned as fast as it did for…
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Communities in Western Illinois, including Rock Island and Moline, will get nearly $2 million to help fix up vacant properties.
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Veterans who move to Bettendorf may be eligible for new reimbursements from the city.
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