26 Jan 2021

Ascentra and Its Members Raise $23,350, Equivalent to 116,750 Meals, for the River Bend Foodbank

By Barry Shaw

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 26, 2021) — With local food insecurity at an all-time high, the members of Ascentra Credit Union, through an auto-loan promotion, generated $23,350 to be donated to the River Bend Foodbank. The donation will provide approximately 116,750 meals for local families in the Quad Cities, Clinton, and Muscatine communities in which we serve.

26 Jan 2021

Library Lovers Month Presented by the Davenport Public Library

By Lexie Reiling

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 26, 2021) — February is Library Lovers Month! Libraries are so much more than just places you can go to check out books or use the computers. Join us Thursday, February 4, 3PM as our librarian talks about various databases that are available for you to use for free with your library card!

26 Jan 2021

Monmouth College's Student Senate Starts Scots Care Fund for Students Hit Hard by Pandemic

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 26, 2021) — Monmouth College's student government has continued a campus tradition of “looking out for each other,” raising more than $23,000 for an emergency fund to help students who have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Jan 2021

Opening the Box: Introduction to Archives and Manuscript Collections Presented by the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center

By Kathryn Kuntz

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 26, 2021) — Join us the first Friday of every month beginning Friday, February 5, 2:30PM, to explore and learn about the curious world of archives and manuscripts at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center. Each month, we will cover a different topic relating to the use and study of archives and manuscripts.

26 Jan 2021

City of Rock Island Selects Quad Cities Chamber to Manage Downtown

By Erin Platt

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 26, 2021) — The City of Rock Island’s city council approved a contract with the Quad Cities Chamber to provide downtown place management services effective immediately.

25 Jan 2021

World Read Aloud Day Hosted by the Davenport Public Library

By Lexie Reiling

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 25, 2021) It's World Read Aloud Day! Join us on Wednesday, February 3, 3PM, on Facebook Live as one of our librarians reads her favorite story out loud to you.

25 Jan 2021

Quad Cities Community Foundation Welcomes Randy Moore as Its New Board Chairperson

By Melanie Jones

BETTENDORF, IOWA (January 25, 2021) — Whenever Randy Moore is faced with a task, especially if it’s a challenging one, he always asks himself, “How can I do a good thing differently to make it better?”

25 Jan 2021

Monmouth College Prepares to Start Spring Semester with Weekend of COVID-19 Testing

By Duane Bonifer

 

Monmouth College students wait in line during the first of three days of testing for COVID-19, January 22-24.

25 Jan 2021

Illinois Regions 1 and 2 Move to Phase 4

By Janet Hill

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (January 25, 2020) — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced Region 1 (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago) and Region 2 (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Woodford) are moving to

25 Jan 2021

Iowa PBS Celebrates Black History Month

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (January 25, 2021) — Join Iowa PBS in celebrating Black History Month this February with timely, educational programs highlighting stories of courage, strength, and perseverance. These programs will offer viewers opportunities to honor the contributions and achievements of African-Americans by learning more about their stories.

The scheduled programming will appear on Iowa PBS .1 as follows:

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