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Deere reports 3Q profit of $1.88 billion...or $6.16 per share...TaxSlayer Center will become Vibrant Arena at the Mark...Republicans hammer taxes and executive overreach at the IL Fair...New security measures at tomorrow's Riverfront Pops...Some wet weather for the first part of the weekend :(
COVID cases and hospitalizations are down a bit in IA...It's the GOP's turn at the Illinois State Fair...An IA Dem congressional candidate says politics get in the way...IA needs poll workers..."unsung heroes" per the SOS...Sunny today :) then chances of rain through the weekend :(
- Scott County is finalizing plans for a new juvenile detention center,- a Mercer County woman is charged with animal cruelty,- and Davenport CitiBus will get its first electric buses.
RI and Moline each get $3 million in state city center grants...Fixing up the RICO administrative building...Senate candidte Mike Franken takjs division on the IA State Fair Soapbox...Alternating Currents is set to begin...Some nice weather is upon us...
Candidates take to the soap box at the IA State Fair...Moline tries to decide how to spend $21 million ARPA dollars...Another effort to save the RICO courthouse...A local game developor features local musicians that now live elsewhere...Partly sunny and 80 today!
IA's Gov. seeks to lift abortion ban ban...JMTC graduates more machinists...A Stemwheeler championship watch party...It's time for Tugfest...Some of us may see some isolated or scattered rain...
- more QC COVID deaths,- a new health study ranks QC area counties,- and the Steamwheelers prepare for Saturday's championship game.
- minor flooding along the Rock River,- more financial help for students at Augustana College,- and the Illinois sales tax holiday for school supplies.
Nice weather...after all the rain...Mending racial fences in Iowa City...IL's Governor welcomes IN businesses after abortion ruling...An online program about New Philadelphia...Sunny and 80 today!
IA ranks 9th and IL 23rd in a report on kids' welfare...RI considers a Special Service Area to pay for downtown improvements...The Feds will stop watching IL for patronage hiring...The River Bandits play the Field of Dreams tomorrow night...Rain this morning...a high of 80 today...
A Heat ADVISORY will be in effect TOMORROW from Noon-9pm...Government Bridge will be CLOSED to Vehicles from 6a-2p tomorrow...Autopsy results are in from the Maquoketa Caves killings...The IA Board of Ed says a challenged book stays on the shelf...
Five Quad Citizens die due to COVID...MidAmerican ups its green energy game...Bettendorf's school board is sued for blocking media from covering a meeting...The 51st Bix Memorial Jazz Festival begins today...It'll be sunny for the next three days!
Davenport considers a deal with Canadian Pacific about increased trains...The IL Governor's race heats up already...QC Habitat's director plans to retire...How one small town benefitted from RAGBRAI...
IL declares a public health emergency for monkeypox...Republicans turned out big in IL's 17th Dist. primary...RI employees evaluate public input on spending ARPA money...Thunderstorms this morning then a heat advisory this afternoon...
Illinois' new Dem Party leader...Dems will wait until after the Nov election re: IA's caucus status...A new major in climate science at IA State University...A colorful new mural in Rock Island...Heat and maybe rain...
The QC's unemployment rate falls...Rail workers rally in Galesburg...Renew Moline is gifted the old JC Penney building...Tuition will go up at Iowa's three state universities...Weekend weather will be nice!
- Maquoketa Caves State Park will re-open but not the campground,- COVID numbers are rising in Iowa,- and Rock Island and Augustana College team up to find lead water lines.
IL Democrats' infighting over hosting the '24 DNC...IL GOP GUBCAN Bailey still isn't addressing J6...HyVee is now offering paxlovid to qualifying patients...Beware the spotted lanternfly...Some sun and 85 today!
IL's Gov. is out of COVID isolation...Nancy Renkes returns to the food bank as CEO...Davenport aldermen consider a new two-way street proposal...IL pot revenues are up...We might see some rain tonight...first, some sun and 80 today :)
RAGBRAI is underway - with more riders this year...Monkeypox is on the mind of IA and IL officials...An arrest in a Rock Island shooting death...Inventorying lead pipes in Rock Island...It'll be COOLER today - maybe some rain tonight :)
- the River Bend Food Bank will soon start looking for a new leader,- Moline chooses a broadband provider,- and the Tri City Jewish Center prepares to open a time capsule.
- COVID numbers are rising in both Illinois and Iowa,- a record number of homes needed help from LIHEAP,- and The Heights of the Era will return for a second year.
- restaurants continue to struggle to find workers,- Davenport chooses its next police chief,- and a new contract for faculty at EICC.
-Illinois wants more discretion in issuing FOID cards,- the First Day Fund is accepting donations,- and a new leader for the Army Sustainment Command.
- road work closes part of River Drive in Moline,- Governor Reynolds celebrates the Dobbs decision,- and the final funeral for victims of the Highland Park shooting.
Free COVID Vaxes for truckers...Renovating Davenport houses...IL extends Medicaid to low-income non-citizens...An eleven year-old versus plastic pollution...Rain on and off, here and there this weekend :(
Johnson officially wins the IL 72 primary...COVID is up by 30% in IA...IL colleges no longer require VAXES..."Forever Chemicals" in military site groundwater...Chances of rain will be with us through the weekend...
A close race in last month's IL primary got closer...Moline residents can weigh in on broadband...IA warns about the danger of fentanyl...Paramedics are being trained for RAGBRAI...Some sun and 85 today!
Gasoline is cheaper...Another Monkey Pox case in Iowa...How high home prices impact low income renters...United Way distributes $2.9 million to QC organizations...Sunny 85 today!
Some strong storms are headed out way this morning...IL reported more than 27-thousand new COVID cases...RI police investigate a weekend homicide...Abortion-related protests in IA...The Food Bank needs food and money!
