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The Rock Island Public Library has expanded its newspaper collection by adding a service called, NewsBank.

This 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…

This 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…

Communities in Western Illinois, including Rock Island and Moline, will get nearly $2 million to help fix up vacant properties.

The project to build the first 3D printed home in Iowa has suffered a setback.

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.It was the Scottish poet Robert Burns who reminded us that the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry. Along these…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.We all agree, don’t we, that civilization is on its last legs? A few more years, at most. Who’s to blame, do you think?…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.To some residents of Clinton, Iowa, the ad in the local newspaper promising a seven-day excursion to the Falls of St.…

The city of Moline hoped to strengthen children's literacy at a block party last week. This celebration came from a partnership between Project NOW and the Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

A trail that connects the Quad Cities to both Washington state and Washington D.C is over halfway done.