Herb Trix

Time is running out for residents of Illinois who want to have a "say" in the redistricting process. Friday night the House Redistricting Committee will hold one of its final hearings virtually.

State Representative Mike Halpin from Rock Island says this only happens once every ten years following a new federal census - drawing new congressional and legislative maps.

One of the leaders of Illinois' response to the pandemic will be the featured speaker for Knox College's commencement in June. Tuesday the college announced the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Doctor Ngozi Ezike, will speak to graduates and their families on June 5th.

A man known for cleaning up rivers in America has just announced his latest "big idea." Chad Pregracke wants to save the current I-80 Bridge if it's replaced, and turn it into Bison Bridge.

Pregracke says it all started about 25 years ago when he hired a plane to take him up over the bridge and interchange on the Illinois side, in Rapids City. Then five years go, a tornado tore through the interchange, breaking and blowing down trees. He and his group, Living Lands and Waters, have been trying to restore it ever since.

For the next month, homeowners in Davenport can get a free smoke alarm from the Red Cross, and installed by the fire department.

Public Education Officer Lieutenant Zach Soliz says this is the third year the department has worked with the Red Cross on the program called Sound the Alarm. The reason is simple - smoke alarms save lives.

Eight months after it was completed, Saint Ambrose University in Davenport has celebrated the latest major building project on campus. Thursday it held a formal dedication for the expansion and remodeling of McMullen Hall.

It's located on the southwest corner of the campus, at Gaines and West Locust streets.

The $8.6 million project includes nearly 16,000 square feet of new space for classrooms and learning labs, with another 22,000 square feet of remodeled interior space housing faculty offices and a dean’s suite.

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the mayor of Davenport in a dispute with the Davenport Civil Rights Commission. In a 4 to 1 decision, justices said the mayor can remove a commissioner without a specific reason. Or legally speaking, without "a showing of cause."

In December, 2017, Mayor Frank Klipsch appointed Nicole Bribriesco-Ledger for a two-year term on the Civil Rights Commission. Then in April of 2019, he notified her and three other members that he had removed them from the commission. She contested her removal and went to court.