IowaWORKS, 1801A East Kimberly Road, Davenport, will be hosting the following employers for hiring events during the week of May 9, 2022. Employers are as follows: Monday, May 9 — RJK — 9 am until 12:30 pm — Hiring for: Local Grain Processing  Located in: Muscatine, Iowa Tuesday, May 10 — UnityPoint Health —9 am until 12:30 pm —Hiring for:​—Registered Nurses—​Patient Care Technicians—Receptionist—Exercise Specialist—Cleaning Care Technician—Radiology Technician—Housekeeping—Homecare  Located in: Quad-City Area Wednesday, May 11 — […]

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with Rudy’s Tacos on Saturday, May 7 in the Village of East Davenport! Come party in our party tent in the back parking lot! Fiesta ’till you siesta! Family fun with a bounce house for the kids! LIVE MUSIC! 1:00-3:00pm Doug Brundies 4:00-6:00pm The Matt Fuller Band 7:00-10:00pm Stranded in the City […]

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Looking for some awesome Mexican food to celebrate the holiday? Well, look no more, and SHOP LOCAL with our awesome list of Mexican restaurants in the Quad-Cities. If you’re down for some south-of-the-border eats and wondering which local hot spots are open for in-person, delivery, carry-out or curbside, well, wonder no […]

The Davenport Community School District is proud to share Davenport Central High School senior Maitreyi Shrikhande has received the 2022 Dr. Thomas Anthony Dooley Scholarship. This is a $20,000 scholarship to help her pursue a career in the medical field. Davenport Central Principal Jon Flynn, Shrikhande’s counselor Sterling Kingery, teachers and parents all surprised her […]

The Creation Studio at the Bettendorf Public Library houses a myriad of maker tools available for public use. On Tuesday, May 17th, the Library will host a workshop intended to introduce an available tool to creators. Creation Studio Tool Training: Sewing machines is a limited-sized workshop open to participants aged 16 and older which will […]

Rock Island Public Library is offering its final Spice Club program this month! Spice Club, May 12 at 5:30 pm, online. Sign up to get your own spice sample of Amchur or Amchoor (also known as mango powder) and a set of recipes to try. (PS: The garlic-ginger chicken with mint is delicious!) This is […]

Courtney Olsen has been hired as the Director of Equity and Learning Supports for the Davenport Community School District. Ms. Olsen holds an Education Specialist degree in School Psychology and holds the Director of Special Education endorsement. In addition, Ms. Olsen has five years of leadership experience as a District Support Administrator with MBAEA. In her leadership role at the […]

Star Wars is the most popular space saga and most exciting adventure film franchise in the world. It captured the hearts and minds of all ages and created an entire community of its own. And, since partnering with Disney, the force and its popularity has grown and become an even hotter brand. I admittedly can’t […]

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) released the following statement on a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that would overturn the longstanding Roe v. Wade precedent: “In America, we don’t allow the government to come into our home and force a decision on us and our family. Yet that’s exactly what this draft opinion […]

This week, U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Matt Cartwright (PA-08), Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Andy Levin (MI-09) introduced the Time Off to Vote Act, which would require employers to provide their employees at least two hours of paid leave to vote in a federal election. “The freedom to vote is sacred, and the foundation of […]