Assistant General Manager Carlie Allison spoke with WVIK News about this month's film screenings, trivia nights, community events, and a special members-only screening.

The city of Bettendorf hosted a solemn annual Veterans Day ceremony, after morning rains ended, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Bettendorf’s Veterans Memorial Park, 1645 23rd St.

The center is joined by the National Library of Sweden, Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, and the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis in preserving 1.3 million pages from 348 Swedish-American newspapers between 1850 and the early 2000s.

About two dozen people met Tuesday in downtown Moline to protest actions of Prairie State Legal Services (PSLS), which has proposed to cut 17 employees this Friday, Nov. 13.

The Minutes continues at The Black Box Theatre, 1623 – 5th Avenue in Moline, November 12,13, and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday November 15 at 2:00 p.m.

The QC Environmental Film Series will present the award-winning documentary “Every Little Thing” at St. Ambrose’s Galvin Fine Arts Center for free, on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there is a problem with air traffic control center communications. Duffy said FAA technicians are investigating the problem, but there is no indication of how long the ground stop might last.

The agreement will see Google power data centers with natural gas by capturing carbon, but critics call the tech unproven

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch won't seek another term in the leadership role after pushback from his caucus.

The agreement follows a similar deal between Aetna and BJC HealthCare

The Cedar Rapids Police Department's contract with Flock ends in February. Instead of renewing it, the city wants to replace Flock cameras with Axon Outpost automated license plate readers. Police say Axon offers better local control and systemwide efficiency.

The Human Empowerment and Restorative Diversion (HERD) program brings together community organizations and volunteers to provide long-term support to struggling youth in the area. The initiative provides each student in the program with mentorship and a personalized plan to meet their needs.

Nate Howard’s grandmother spent more than four decades caring for veterans at the Iowa Veterans Home. Now, the Marshalltown home has a place for his family to sit and remember him. On Veterans Day, two benches were dedicated to Howard and fellow Iowa National Guard soldier Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar.

Des Moines Independent Community School District has reached a settlement with search firm JG Consulting. The district used the firm to identify former Superintendent Ian Roberts, who was arrested by ICE last year, as a candidate. Terms of the settlement have not been announced yet.

There are over 20,000 medium and large-sized concentrated animal feeding operations in the U.S. One family farm in Iowa recently transitioned their industrial hog operation to grow something else: specialty mushrooms.

Giant miscanthus is a perennial grass that can be used for energy, building materials and animal bedding. Researchers say it can be planted alongside corn and soybeans and harvested in the winter, offering farmers a way to diversify their income.

A corn infection that farmers dread is also a culinary delicacy in Mexico. Now, farmers, chefs and a secretive vegetable broker are bringing it to one Midwest city.

Food and farm programs historically persist through the farm bill. Packaging multiple cross-party issues into one bill ensures rural and urban legislators come together to pass it. But that coalition has been fracturing over past farm bill cycles, creating uncertainty on the farm and in grocery stores.