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The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a tornado watch for most of the wvik listening area until 8 p.m.
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EnvironmentLocal forecasters continue to hope the snowpack melts "slow and steady" north of the Quad Cities. The latest spring flood outlook shows the risk of flooding on the Mississippi River continues to be "well above normal."
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.There must have been steamboat men who suspected that Captain Joseph Throckmorton was an elaborate practical joke being…
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EconomyUnemployment in the Quad Cities edged up in February - rising from 4.3 per cent a year ago to 4.6 per cent last month.
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.In the summer of 1843, toward the end of her travels on the Great Lakes, Margaret Fuller sent a plaintif letter from…
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CommunityVeterans, families, and friends turned out in the National Cemetery Wednesday for National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Each year, the goal is to honor those who served on active duty from 1955 to 1975.
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.To that list of names you are keeping of people who are disappointed with Chicago, please add Margaret Fuller. She…
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CommunityThis is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.When a captain stays with his ship as it sinks, what goes through his mind? In the case of a Mr. Schricker of…
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