Cookies & Dreams is hosting a Grand ReOpening in Bettendorf on April 8th. Following a lengthy & ambitious expansion project, we are thrilled to announce that our Bettendorf location has moved to a bigger location! We are hosting a Grand ReOpening event on April 8th at our new location with a full menu of 13 giant, mouth-watering cookie flavors – including our brand new April Cookies of the Month & our fan-favorite Cinnamon Roll Cookie. The first 50 guests will receive a free OG Chocolate Chip Cookie & we will offer prizes for the 1st, 10th, 25th, 50th & 100th guests throughout... Read More

Made Market QC is a handmade + vintage makers market featuring over 150 vendors with trendy boutiques, vintage finds, and the best handmade goods in the Midwest! Shopping, Live Music, Food + Drinks, too! We intentionally host 3 markets a year in three different seasons- Spring, Summer, + Holiday- in hopes to bring you the BEST shopping experience year round! MADE MARKET: Spring Friday, April 7, 5-8pm Saturday, April 8, 9-3pm The Bend XPO East Moline, IL ​ADMISSION: $5 online $7 at the door Learn more here: Made Market    Read More

After a nearly four-year hiatus Project NOW will be welcoming students to their new Head Start location in Aledo. The classrooms are located inside Community Bible Fellowship at 1109 SE 3rd Street. Project NOW’s Head Start Director, Andrea Flannery, is excited to welcome 21 students to two new Head Start classrooms. “Project NOW Head Start has missed being able to serve Mercer County with a high-quality Head Start program and we are thankful for our partnership with Matt and Jeannie Ewing, of Community Bible Fellowship to allow us to again serve the great children and families in this area.... Read More

The Western Illinois University Counselor Education department in conjunction with Wild Ones, Quad Cities and the Quad Cities Graduate Study Center will host an evening of Plants, Paths and Pizza from 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 14 on the Quad Cities campus in the QC Complex C Atrium. This event is open and free to the public. “It takes many types of allies to solve the environmental challenges we face today,” said Counselor Education Professor Leslie O’Ryan. “Especially important are university and community partnerships such as the one between Wild Ones, Quad Cities and Western Illinois University... Read More

QCAWC Kitten Shower Saturday, April 1st Join the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, QCAWC, Saturday, April 1st from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at the QCAWC Adoption & Education Center for the QCAWC Kitten Shower. Enjoy refreshments, games, raffles, & adoption specials. Bring items from the Quad City Animal Welfare Center’s Kitten Wish List Registry and/or the QCAWC Itty Bitty Kitty Demands Amazon Wish List to help prepare for the arrival of KITTENS! The Kitten Wish List Registry can be found by visiting Kitten Wish List Registry QCAWC Itty Bitty Kitty Demands Amazon Wish List can be found by visiting Itty... Read More

EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, it is necessary to postpone the Distinguished Faculty Lecture scheduled for March 22 at 7 p.m. in the COFAC Recital Hall. As soon as a new date/has been determined, the campus community will be notified. MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – The Western Illinois University 2023 Distinguished University Professor Peter Cole will deliver the Distinguished Faculty Lecture, The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19), at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall. The lecture is open free to the... Read More

Buffalo Elementary will be hosting their annual STEAM Camp this summer! Registration is open today to the public for students that will be going into K–7 next year! (Primarily geared towards grades K–6 for 2023–2024 school year). With a registration cap of 60 students (30 K–2 and 30 3–6), they are already close to filling up! Register today: https://bit.ly/3FEO7tU #growingexcellence #davenportcommunityschool #davenporteducation  Read More

BETTENDORF and RIVERDALE, IOWA – March 3, 2023 – Just in time for warmer weather, the Mississippi River Trail (MRT) from Duck Creek to Bellingham Road in Riverdale, Iowa is back open to all users. The MRT closed in November 2022 so that MidAmerican Energy could complete an infrastructure improvement project. Crews removed all barricades this morning.  Read More

The Capitol Theatre will bring country music star Dwight Yoakam presented by First Fleet Concerts! Thursday, March 21 Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM All Ages Tickets on sale now online at capitoltheatreqc.com, firstfleetconcerts.com, and axs.com. Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and he is a 21-time nominated, multiple GRAMMY Award winner. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums, with five of those albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart and another 14 landing in the Top 10. Nearly 40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted on Billboard, with... Read More

Join the Quad City Animal Welfare Center for Pour for a Cause Wednesday, March 8th from 3:00 pm til midnight at Pour Bros Craft Tap Room in Moline. QCAWC will get 10% of the TOTAL SALES! https://www.facebook.com/events/934907784336478  Read More