Herb Trix
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EconomyUnemployment rose in the Quad Cities last month, but that was actually a good sign. The jobless rate was 4.4 per cent in July, up from 3.7 per cent a year ago.
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Thanks to a new state law, Moline police will be able to use a drone to monitor this weekend's festival, Mo.Live.
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A former superintendent of the Moline schools may lead the Rock Island schools next year. Tuesday night the school board is scheduled to consider hiring Lanty McGuire to be Interim Superintendent, starting in January.
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Dangerous weather conditions are in the forecast for this week, at least through Thursday. The National Weather Service says it will feel like over 100 degrees this week, up to 110, thanks to high temperatures and humidities.
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Sales and profits rose for John Deere in the third quarter.
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CommunityHoping to keep their small town alive and healthy, some residents of Sheffield in northern Illinois joined forces to save their grocery store. Earlier this month, new owners took over the Royal Super Mart, in the small Bureau County town, population about 900.
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Hoping to prevent gun violence, especially among children, the Rock Island County Health Department is handing out free gun locks.
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CommunityAfter six years as Bishop of Davenport, Thomas Zinkula will move to Dubuque. The Pope has appointed him the 11th Archbishop of Dubuque, starting in October.
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With help from a federal program, all children in the Rock Island schools will once again be eligible for free breakfasts and lunches.
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Opponents of possible carbon dioxide pipelines will meet Monday night in Port Byron. The proposed pipelines would carry the gas from ethanol plants in Iowa, cross the Mississippi river, to central Illinois.