MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – To help DREAMers (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) in the United States achieve educational and future success, a new Western Illinois University scholarship, created by WIU Political Science Professor Julia Albarracin-Green, has raised nearly $20,000 to provide annual scholarships to undocumented students who attend WIU. The scholarship fundraiser, which closes […]
The classic rock band The Doobie Brothers will bring their 50th Anniversary Tour to Moline’s TaxSlayer Center on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Tickets ($37.50-$89.50) are on sale at the arena box office (1201 River Drive, Moline), and Ticketmaster.com. Last November, The Doobie Brothers announced a 30-city North American tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of […]
The Quad City Storm have signed Adam Logozzo. Logozzo is a 28-year old native of Vaughan, Ontario who has competed for the last two seasons in the Beneliga (Belgian Elite League). Logging time at both forward and defense positions he averaged a point and a half per game, most recently recording 17 goals and 13 […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University faculty, staff, and students will be required to participate in the University’s weekly COVID-19 testing program. Individuals may opt out of testing if proof of vaccination is provided. Testing will be required each week for those individuals who have not received a COVID-19 vaccination. WIU-Macomb COVID-19 Fall 2021 test […]
There’s a foreboding line early in the excellent “Murder in Green Meadows” (which concludes its run Saturday at the Black Box Theatre) – “Everything is perfect. What could be wrong?” Well, as we’ll soon learn, quite a lot. The new production at the Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Ave., Moline, features a quartet of the […]
The Quad City Storm has signed forward Connor Fries to a training camp contract. Fries was acquired by the Storm early in the 2019-2020 season and finished the year third on the team in points with 12 goals and 14 assists through his 37 games played. During the Storm’s dormant season Fries signed with FPHL […]
Creeping in this weekend at Blackbox Theatre in Moline is the psychological thriller “Murder in Green Meadows” by Douglas Post. The original production received six Emmy Award nominations when presented on TV with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. The Black Box production stars James Driscoll, Jenny Winn, Jonathan Grafft and Lora Adams and directed […]
Moline Centre is holding free outdoor concerts every Thursday night during the summer at Bass Street Landing Summer Concert Series, off 17th Street and River Drive. Moline Centre “is taking many extra precautions to ensure that these series of concerts are following all CDC/State of Illinois Covid-19 safety guidelines,” the group posted. “We ask that […]
BREAKING NEWS: Illinois is bringing back a statewide indoor mask mandate starting Monday, a vaccine mandate for all school employees in P-12 and all employees and students in higher education facilities statewide, and other restrictions, Gov. JB Pritzker said in his press conference this morning. The mask mandate applies to anyone over the age of […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – – While working full time, Joel Thys was able to complete four degrees–one of them is a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University. To give back to his alma mater, Thys has established the Dawn and Joel Thys Scholarship. Thys, who was raised on a dairy farm in rural Iowa, owns Thys […]
