Enjoy an amazing night of LIVE Blues with the award-winning, two time Billboard-charting, Avey Grouws Band 8-11 p.m. Friday at the Best Western, 1518 3rd Ave NW Fort Dodge!! Proceeds benefit the Lord’s Cupboard! The Avey Grouws Band hit #10 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart in 2020 with their debut album, “The Devil May […]
Iowa covid numbers remain high overall, with a positivity rate over 20 percent, leaving some to wonder if Gov. Kim Reynolds should be so quick to end all covid precautions. Over the last seven days, there were 19,161 positive tests reported. That’s down from 23,461 at last report on Monday, but still a high number. […]
From the African American Literary Society to the Zoology Club, and all sports clubs, honor and academic societies, fraternity and sorority life and all other clubs in-between, with more than 200 student organizations at Western Illinois University, there truly is something for everyone. WIU-Macomb students can check out registered student organizations at Western at the […]
This week has been an incredibly eventful one. Neil Young pulled his music from Amazon to protest them exploiting children and using forced child labor in China. Oh, wait, no, he actually didn’t! He actually told people to go to Amazon and listen to his music there! Young pulled his music from Spotify, in protest […]
BREAKING NEWS: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says the state is over the hump in terms of covid, and she’s taking down the covid websites and letting the Public Health Disaster Emergency Proclamation for the state expire. Reynolds announced Thursday that she has signed the final extension of Iowa’s Public Health Disaster Emergency Proclamation, letting it […]
Gildas Club Quad Cities is presenting a week of activities for World Cancer Day this week. The schedule is as follows: Friday: National World Cancer Day: Join us for Coffee & Community with a light continental breakfast. RSVP Required. Saturday: Join us at the Taxslayer Center to cheer on Quad City Storm and recognize loved […]
BREAKING NEWS: Illinois covid numbers continued their rapid zoom downwards, as officials said the statewide mask mandate and other restrictions could be gone “quite soon” — perhaps even within the next week or two — if cases and hospitalizations continue to plummet, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said in a press conference Tuesday. […]
It was a day of celebration at the downtown Enterprise Lofts, where Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati and other officials celebrated the announcement of Western Illinois University-Quad Cities decision to open its new Spanish Bilingual Early Learning and Family Empowerment Lab. This exciting project launched the same day Moline began accepting applications for its new ARPA-funded childcare […]
Come laugh, dance and have a blast at Live from QC…It’s Saturday Nite! featuring SNL icon, Tim Meadows with musical guest, local fan fave – Soul Storm! Come together and support families and individuals in our community impacted by the devastating diagnosis of cancer. Your generosity and ticket purchase helps to ensure that no one […]
A podcast highlighting the careers of Western Illinois University Broadcasting and Journalism alumni is embarking on its second season. Jan. 12 marked the one-year anniversary of “Alumni Chats,” hosted by College of Fine Arts and Communication Interim Dean William “Buzz” Hoon. “The podcast has hit some milestones this year,” said Hoon. “We are proud that […]
