The City of Rock Island is providing free leaf collection for its residential refuse customers from Monday, October 9 through Friday, December 1, 2017, with the following conditions:

The bipartisan amendment will help protect more than 6,000 jobs at the Rock Island Arsenal

The nation’s leading fabric and craft retailer has teamed up with the iconic leadership development organization to inspire the next generation of female leaders.

BURNSVILLE, Mn., (September 19, 2017) – Summer’s over and kids are back in school, but many people make plans for at least one more getaway this fall, before the arrival of another busy holiday season.

Get ready for an end of the summer party the Quad Cities will be talking about all year! 

AMES, IA (09/19/2017)-- The Iowa State University College of Human Sciences announces the 2017-18 class of Human Sciences Ambassadors.

As a Human Sciences Ambassadors, the students will represent the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences and present a positive, realistic student view of the college to prospective students and parents.

Macy Morrow of Muscatine, IA (52761). Morrow is studying Kinesiology and Health.

Moline, Ill. -- Stakeholders, experts and policymakers will convene at the 10th annual Upper Mississippi River Conference, ‘Big River. Big Challenges.” in Moline, Ill., Oct. 11-12, 2017. The conference will focus on environmental challenges facing the river system that includes the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa Rivers, along with scores of other freshwater sources.

United Way of the Quad Cities Area will host Day of Caring on Thursday, September 21, 2017, when 1,600 volunteers will participate in more than 90 projects throughout the Quad Cities.

SPRINGFIELD (Sept. 18, 2017) – Governor Bruce Rauner today announced that the state’s Department of Human Services (IDHS) will broaden access to the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). The move fulfills an agreement made with the legislature in 2015 to raise the income eligibility criteria to 185% of the federal poverty level from 162%. It means 16,000 more children will receive child care each month, for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2018.

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