Herb Trix

With help from a local television station, high schools in the Iowa Quad Cities will hold virtual graduation ceremonies this weekend. On Saturday, KWQC-tv will show one-hour programs produced for each of the six high schools. 

Thanks to COVID-19, the annual Ride the River event on Father's Day has become "Ride and Seek." River Action has replaced the one day bicycle tour of Quad Cities riverfronts with a month-long scavenger hunt.

If you saw something, say something. That's the request from police in Davenport trying to figure out who was involved and what happened when violence broke out in the city over the weekend.

Arts and cultural organizations in eastern Iowa are among those that'll receive some welcome help from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Wednesday it announced grants totaling 1.1 million dollars for relief during the pandemic, with the money coming from the federal CARES Act. 

Nearly three months after they closed due to the pandemic, courts are beginning to re-open in Illinois. And that includes the 14th Circuit based in Rock Island.

A record number of Iowans voted in yesterday's primary election. Turnout according to the Secretary of State's office was 24 per cent or about 522,000 ballots cast - compared with 290,000 in the 2018 primary. 

The president of Augustana College will lead the college for two more years. The board of trustees has decided to extend the contract of Steve Bahls through May of 2022.

As Illinois begins to re-open after the long lockdown, employees of the Secretary of State will be very busy. As they open this week, Driver Services Facilities are expecting a flood of customers.