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This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.If you passed through fourth grade any time before 1947, you, too, memorized Eugene Field's poem, "Little Boy Blue."…

In this episode of LOVE Girls the Podcast, River Action co-founder and executive director Kathy Wine shares her expert insight as part of the three-part series, Rooted: Girls, the River and the Fight for Environmental Justice, sponsored by the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s annual QC River Connections grant. As one of River Action’s three original founders, Kathy gets real about how Mississippi River recreation inspires more than just river-connected fun: It also inspires communities to keep its local rivers and waterways clean — fostering environmental advocacy that will benefit generations to come.Hosted by: Jasmine Babers Gunn and Kayla Babers, with teen hosts Tamiah Rogers, Illiana Ambriz, and Her Voice Media intern Amiyah Woods.

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Safe in the Vatican, Pope Leo the Thirteenth was probably not aware in the spring of 1887 that a stack of lumber in…

This week, learn simple ways to protect your back and support mobility as you age. From strengthening your core and improving posture to taking movement breaks and practicing safer lifting habits, small changes can help keep your spine healthy and support an active, independent lifestyle.

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.You can't blame the judge, the fourteen lawyers, the prospective jury members, and the audience for all being just a…

Rob Sand, Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor, talks about schools, the rising cancer rate in the state, government accountability & reform, data centers, economic growth, overcoming political polarization and much more.

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.By 1850, fifteen years after their founding, the three small villages around Rock Island were on their way to becoming…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Remember that Weekly Reader joke: "what does a fifteen-hundred-pound gorilla eat? Answer: "Anything it wants."…

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island.Of at least one Rock Islander, Benjamin Dann Walsh, it can truly be said that there was some good news and some bad…