The Illinois primary election is set for Tuesday, March 17th. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with some counties choosing to expand hours. WVIK has compiled a list of all offices up for election for each county in our listening area.

Kendal Ritchie, a 30-year-old Davenport native, is fighting for his life, in a coma with brain damage at a Las Vegas hospital.

The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond on Monday as strikes intensified, Iran-backed groups stepped up attacks and a sixth U.S. service member was killed in action.

University of Iowa Health Care transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany recently performed the first robotic living donor nephrectomy, paving the way for more living kidney donations in the state.

Resident Annika O’Melia is using her background in therapy to delve deeper into community members seeking to make Rock Island a better place for all and to highlight city operations to maintain transparency among city leaders and residents.

Michelle Schwarz is working on a suicide prevention bill in Congress named for Blake; offering dogs as pet therapy in a new nonprofit, and recorded a video urging others to help reduce suicides.

Bettendorf Mayor Bob Gallagher discussed the city's progress, plans and challenges in his annual “State of the City” address Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Waterfront Convention Center in downtown Bettendorf.

The Environmental Protection Agency last November announced a change to the Clean Water Act, citing a 2023 Supreme Court decision, that would alter what bodies of water would be regulated under the act. Local and state organizations react to the proposal, some claiming that most of Iowa and Illinois’ wetlands would lose protections and continue to be degraded.

The NAACP of Rock Island County, Quad Cities Interfaith and One Human Family helped organize the march from the Rock Island County Courthouse to the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, where many people held protest signs, sang inspirational songs, and argued for the U.S. to live up to its ideals of welcoming immigrants and treating all people equally.

Formerly known as the Child Abuse Council, the nonprofit agency provides child abuse prevention, education, and treatment programs for children and families, and earlier this month moved into the former JTM Concepts building at 420 23rd St., Rock Island, after 11 years in downtown Moline at 524 15th St.