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Unemployment continued to fall in the Quad Cities in May - from 5.3 per cent a year ago to 3.8 per cent last month. -
Iowa Department of Public Health/The Rock Island County Health Department will soon start holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics for young children. It's just received its first pediatric doses from Pfizer and Moderna, designed for children, six months to four years old.
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A Wisconsin company is going to build a plant in the Quad Cities to make bacon. On Tuesday, Fair Oaks Foods announced it chose Davenport after starting with a list of 177 possible locations. -
Bettendorf Mayor Bob Gallagher is encouraging people to call their US senators about the proposed sale of Kansas City Southern to Canadian Pacific Railway.
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One of the largest employers in Clinton is celebrating its anniversary. Wednesday, the governor and other officials joined ADM leaders in marking 40 years since the company bought a corn processing plant from Nabisco.
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The ballot is now set for November for three seats on the Scott County board.
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Listen to the conversation here with Pat Beréskin about the excitement she feels about her future, the legacy she has created as a long-time champion of the arts, and the unique position that the Quad Cities finds itself in with these new creative partnerships.
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The Secretary of the Army is confident manufacturing workers at the Rock Island Arsenal will be busy for a long time.
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The woman accused of running down 3 people with her car on the I-74 Bridge pedestrian and bike path has pleaded not guilty. Tuesday morning, 46 year old Chhabria Harris entered her plea during arraignment in Rock Island County circuit court.
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This summer, free breakfasts and lunches will be available for all students in the Rock Island School District.
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On Midwest Week, a long investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project details abuse of inmates, and seven deaths, at the federal prison in Thomson, Illinois.
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Listen to the conversation here with artist and educator Latoya M. Hobbs about her belief that Black women are preservers of their families and communities, the importance of accurate representation in art, and her prestigious mixed-media practice which includes printmaking and woodcutting.
