Rhythm City Casino is proud to announce the success of our Donate & Play Promotion for Make-A-Wish Iowa! Through the generous donations of our incredible guests, we were able to present a check to Make-A-Wish for $36,500 to help make the wishes of kids in need come true! We chose Make-A-Wish for our donations because of their steadfast devotion to their incredible mission. “A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness,” they said on their website. “This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish.” Make-A-Wish has received their donation and... Read More

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) voted to pass the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act to stop price gouging at the gas pump and bring down costs for families in Northwest and Central Illinois. “Big Oil is announcing record profits while families struggle to pay higher prices at the pump. This price gouging of American consumers is unconscionable,” said Congresswoman Bustos. “Today I voted for legislation to bring down gas prices by cracking down on oil and gas companies using this international crisis to pad their pockets. By reigning in corporate greed and increasing the use of... Read More

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – The newly-established Anti-Racism Task Force (ARTF) at Western Illinois University, which was formed by a charge from WIU President Guiyou Huang, began meeting in February 2022 to begin its work to identify anti-racism initiatives, with the goal to eradicate racism at WIU, and start building a diversity plan for the University. The WIU ARTF is led by co-chairs, Lorette Oden, interim dean of the Centennial Honors College and health sciences and social work chair, and Sterling Saddler, assistant to the president for diversity and inclusion. The full membership can be found at... Read More

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) voted to pass two bipartisan bills to help families affected by the nationwide baby formula shortage. Through the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, Bustos voted to allocate $28 million to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to boost baby formula supply and prevent future shortages. And by passing the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022, vulnerable families would have improved access to baby formula under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). “Due to the recent formula shortage, families have found... Read More

The Davenport Public Library will host a researching your home program on May 18th |Main |Virtual at 6:30pm. Are you a homeowner curious about your home’s past? Consider attending this program! Join the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center in celebrating National Preservation Month with the Historic Preservation Commission of the City of Davenport by exploring how you can research the history of your home or building with resources from its collections. We will also present examples of home research projects. This program is best suited to adults and teens. To register, visit https://davenportlibrary.libcal.com/event/8869993.  Read More

Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Project NOW an additional $1.6 million in federal funding for Head Start programs. Project NOW is a Community Action Agency serving Rock Island, Henry and Mercer counties in Illinois. Bustos announced an initial $1.6 million in funds for the organization in February 2022. “For more than 50 years, Project NOW has been working to improve living standards for low-income families and seniors in our community – and their... Read More

Join Kim Sikorski, RN and Courtney Berntsen of Genesis Health System for a discussion about the differences and similarities between palliative care and hospice care. They will discuss the details of what palliative and hospice care entails, what qualifies a patient for each type of care and when to transition from one to the other. This program is being offered both in-person and virtually through our digital platform, Zoom. Whichever format you prefer, RSVP is required.    Thursday May 19, 2022 12:00 – 1:00 PM UnityPoint Health – Trinity Gilda’s Club Quad Cities 600 John Deere Road,... Read More

The INCubatoredu Entrepreneur and Enterprise Class at Rock Island High School pitched their business models to 5 “sharks” at FINAL PITCH event on Wednesday, May 11 in the Rock Island High School INCubatoredu classroom. Seven entrepreneur projects vied for three awards: Best Pitch Award, Best Business Potential Award, and Best Business Model Award. Teams/Individuals Luxury Lockers: Aden Farrell and Joe Thompson Fracture Sound: Nathan Krug Pocket Coach: App based program to help coaches connect with students and parents. App organizes practices and schedules and acts as a communication... Read More

The Moline-Rock Island Quad-Cities were ranked among the best places to live in Illinois — second best behind Peoria — and among the best places to live in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual report of the Top 150 places to live in the U.S., based on affordability and relatively clean air. The publication’s list, released this morning, of its Best Places to Live, had Illinois cities Peoria, Moline-Rock Island, Chicago and Rockford among its top spots to call home. While it wasn’t on the list last year, Moline-Rock Island... Read More

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University’s undergraduate degree in cybersecurity has received a Program of Study Validation from the National Security Agency’s (NSA) National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. The validation, which signifies that WIU’s program meets the demands of contributing to the protection of the National Information Infrastructure, runs through the 2027 academic year. “By having the NSA’s Program of Study Validation, we are on track to becoming one of the NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C),”... Read More