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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.You'll have to forgive Angelo Lagomarcino for never completely understanding the American dream when he arrived in…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.It's too bad the Velie Carriage Company of Moline never put one of their fancy carriages up against the Deacon's…

Jim speaks with Michael Glanz from The Arc of the Quad Cities about the passing of the new Dignity and Pay Act in Illinois and how it will positively impact sub minimum wages and Jim talks with Sarah Benson and Tresa Andrews of the Parent Mentor Program about their positive impact on local schools and students.

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.It was Mark Twain who first noticed that the Mississippi was constantly shortening itself, cutting off loops and bends,…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.When Father Samuel Mazzuchelli arrived in the raw lead mining town of Galena in 1836 to begin building a Catholic…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.When the Dominican Order assigned Father Samuel Mazzuchelli as the first Catholic missionary to the newly-opened lands…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.If you can believe the stories you read, American males have always had trouble when it comes to women. Tom Sawyer's…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Had the famous Norwegian novelist and political orator, Bjornstjerne Bjornson, limited his American visit to the East…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.I might still be under the illusion that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern and started the great Chicago fire of…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Miss Marguerite Brooks was fortunate to have been seven years old in 1903. Not many Moline doctors nowadays would give…