Save the Date! Saturday, January 28th 2023 8U ‘14 Midwest Sluggers will be hosting Trivia Night at Highland Park Bowl from 5pm-9pm! Bring your friends! Team cost is $80 a table, 8 maximum players. We will have tickets available for raffle baskets. All proceeds will go toward our Spring and Summer tournament costs. Come out and Support your Midwest Sluggers 8U team! Sign up below using our google form, you can register individually or as a team! https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScZzhoEUeJ…/viewform  Read More

What did Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) do with her final vote as a member of congress? She used it to help her constituents, delivering on a big bill to help out the Quad-Cities region. Bustos, a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, cast her final vote as a Member of Congress to deliver more than $66 million for local projects in communities across Northwest and Central Illinois. In a major funding package for Fiscal Year 2023, Bustos built on her track record of delivering for the district by securing significant investments in health, workforce development, rural communities... Read More

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced that the collection of artifacts and papers from her years in office will be archived in a joint partnership with the nonpartisan Dirksen Congressional Center and Illinois College. Bustos is also establishing the Callahan-Bustos Family Endowed Scholarship Fund through a gift to the college, which will provide scholarship funding to students pursuing work for the public good. “As an alumna of Illinois College and longtime partner to the bipartisan Dirksen Congressional Center, I am proud that my work will benefit the students and scholars of both respected... Read More

Accounting students at Western Illinois University will soon have a new scholarship opportunity, thanks to the generosity of alumna Judy Baker, ‘71, ‘72. Baker, who graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Accounting, and her master’s degree in Accountancy, has enjoyed a decades-long career in the accounting field, and it all started with her training at WIU. “I have good memories of getting a quality education in Accounting at WIU from some very good instructors,” Baker shared. “The encouragement and support I felt from the faculty gave me the belief that I could... Read More

MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – – Joseph Roselieb, executive director of auxiliary services and risk management, has been named the interim assistant vice president (AVP) for Facilities Management at Western Illinois University, effective January 1. Additionally, Ted Renner, deputy director of Facilities Management, has been named the temporary interim director of Facilities Management, effective January 1. Roselieb has served as the executive director of auxiliary services and risk management since 2020, where he was responsible for the general oversight of auxiliary services, safety initiatives,... Read More

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, cast her final vote as a Member of Congress to deliver more than $66 million for local projects in communities across Northwest and Central Illinois. In a major funding package for Fiscal Year 2023, Bustos built on her track record of delivering for the district by securing significant investments in health, workforce development, rural communities and more. The package also includes $44.9 billion in new military and humanitarian assistance to support the people of Ukraine, $40.6 billion to assist communities... Read More

Looking for a new fuzzy friend? QuadCities.com is happy to partner with Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd W. Ave., Milan! Interested in adopting a pet? Check out our Pet of the Week every Monday! This week’s Pet of the Week is… Avie! Our Pet of the Week is Avie. https://qcawc.org/adopt/pet/2022-0389 We NEED your help please. Avie has been with us TOO long and deserves to find his forever home! Well, here’s some things we have discovered about this boy: Avie has barrier frustration which makes him reactive when people walk by him in the kennels.   He has allergies and anxiety... Read More

Fun10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local entertainment, QuadCities.com! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. So what’s on the Fun10 for this week? Read on… Tommy Davidson Coming To Rhythm City Casino Tommy Davidson... Read More

We think you’re the Bee’s Knees…so join us and let’s get fizzy and ring in 2023 at The Axis, 1630 5th Ave., Moline! Join us for dinner and drinks or book one of our limited available party packages! Your Choice of Room: $269 Standard King $329 Suite Rooms include $75 restaurant credit at The Fifth Avenue Syndicate, champagne toast at midnight, NYE treat in your room! In addition to the full menu at The Fifth Avenue Syndicate, enjoy steak & lobster surf n’ turf and bundt turtle molten cake for dinner! Dress in Gatsby/1920’s style garb and receive a free appetizer for your table. Enjoy... Read More

Looking for fun things to do this weekend in Illinois and Iowa? Check out the Weekend in 2 Minutes! This week: Looking for cool stuff to do on New Year’s Eve? We’ve got your rundown of some of the fun stuff going on in and around the Quad-Cities in your Weekend in 2 Minutes!  Read More