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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.The fastest way to get a friendly argument going in the Quad Cities is to introduce the phrase "joined by a river."…

Solving a Problem, Building a Brand: Howard White and Constant Mountain

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Now and then I make a mistake. Here's one example.About 20 years ago, I wrote a short piece about the small river town…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.The Moline Community Foundation was established in November of 1953, with $53,000 in seed money from the Moline Chamber…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.I wonder what John Deere would think if he could return to Moline for just a day and visit the site of the original…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.From the moment it was founded in 1843, the little manufacturing village of Moline grew rapidly. New England…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Henry J. Fletcher was a prominent Iowa lawyer and essayist until 1895. That year, he took a closer look at his beloved…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.A local Buffalo, Iowa historian once described his hometown is "a neat little town of happy homes beneath tall old…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Few colleges have had a more auspicious beginning than St. Raphael's Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. It was dreamed,…

The Quad Cities nonprofit is close to meeting its $2.9 million goal to maintain its 152 units and support services for the next five years. They need $200,000.