MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 1, 2026) — The Storm split its weekend road series with the Pensacola Ice Flyers, dropping game one Friday and bouncing back for a two/one shoot-out victory Saturday. The win propelled the Storm back into the eighth and final SPHL play-off spot ahead of the final weekend of the regular season. The Storm returns to home ice this weekend to face off against the Huntsville Havoc for the final two games of the regular season.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 1, 2026) — Wallace’s Garden Center will hold a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of their new greenhouse on Friday, April 17, 9AM. Wallace’s is located at 2605 Devils Glen Road in Bettendorf, Iowa.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 1, 2026) — WQPT PBS, in collaboration with Western Illinois University–Quad Cities, The GradCenter, Group O, and The Early Childhood Coalition of the Quad City Area, will host the Multilingual Education Conference, 8AM-4PM, Saturday, April 18, at the WIU-QC campus, located at 3300 River Drive in Moline.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (April 1, 2026) — Iowa Irish Language and Culture LLC, representing a group of volunteer organizations dedicated to promoting the Irish language, will hold their Annual Irish Language and Culture Weekend at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 19–21 June 2026.