Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 |
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 |  53 minutes agoWhen we see devastation like this we often want to help, but don't know. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  53 minutes agoOfficials worry tornado death toll will rise… | (Leave a Comment) |
 | 53 minutes ago A Davenport man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute a cocaine substance. | (Leave a Comment) |
 |  1 hour, 45 minutes agoA slow moving storm system will bring a later day shower or thunderstorm as it crosses the area. Temperatures will remain mild with afternoon highs around 80 degrees. By tonight, the core of this system will spin slowly over the Midwest squeezing out a few showers. That chance will linger right through Wednesday as temperatures slowly cool around 70 degrees.
Temperatures will remain pleasantly cool through most of the holiday weekend before temperatures inch up around Memorial Day itself. This transition to milder temperatures wil likely return a few showers by Saturday.
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|  1 hour, 53 minutes agoA good Tuesday to all. It's 63 degrees under fair skies. … | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Jujube Frozen Yogurt located on Elmore Avenue in Davenport appreciates its Facebook fans!
For the next three weeks Jujube Frozen Yogurt will be giving three lucky fans some EXTRA cash! Each week for the next three weeks, we will be selected one lucky fan to receive a $100 VISA Gift Card.
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Week 1
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Entry Period – 5/27/13 – 6/2/13. Winner selected – 6/3/13
Week 3
Entry Period – 6/3/13 – 6/9/13. Winner selected – 6/10/13
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 | GALVA — Valedictorian Taylor Klein noted the 42 members of the Galva Class of 2013 were gathered together for the last time at the school's graduation ceremony on Sunday. He said the graduates were celebrating their athletic… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Jacob Arnold, Grant Baele, Austin Bitting, Marianna Del Grande, Anthony Gripp, Harman Kaur, Donovan Kirkhove, Timothy Kirkhove, Tanner Kuelper, Hunter Lyon, Eustacio Marquez Jr., Evan Norberg, Trever Petersen, Uriah Rico, Bret Rosenow, Taylor Rosenow, Alexis Sierens, Michael Smith III, Alyssa… | (Leave a Comment) |
| ANNAWAN — Graduating seniors were told Sunday how a tax referendum approved some 25 years ago helped them become members of the Annawan High School Class of 2013. Ron Tuisl, of Plainfield, who served as Annawan school… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year. 1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Becca Ague, Janae Arnold, Jordan Barber, Drew Beale, Hunter Belser, Peter Blick, Austin Brasel, Amanda Brummet, Megan Bush, Grant Chaddick, Dalton Chance, Emily Claus, Kevin Claus, Austin Coers, Skyler Coons, Jessica Corson, Kelsey Darin, Logan DeShane, Meghan Dickson, Dustin Dittmer,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| PORT BYRON — It was the day the 83 graduates of Riverdale High School in Port Byron had been preparing for all year. Family and friends packed the school gymnasium on Sunday to welcome them to adulthood on a day… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Tylor Abbott, Rheagan Bainbridge, Brandy Balensiefen, Matthew Bersell, Ryan Billingsly, Danielle Bumann, Breann Cart, Mason Cavanagh, Tyler Cavanagh, Craig Collinson, Emily DeMay, Swayde Gibler, Presley Grant, Alexandra Gustafson, Brittany Hagerty, Cassandra Hepner, Rachel Holt, Reece Hoxworth, Jonelle Humphrey, Dalton Jones,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Nathanial Andreas, Cody Beyer, Deanna Black, Ryan Blasdell, Erin Bowling, Zachary Brown, Karen Carder, Braxtin Chesmore, Brittany Coers, Carlie Collis, Breanna DeWitte, Samantha Friedli, Alexander Garrison, Dylon Hambelton, Zachary Hart, Delaney Havens, Brandi Hess, John Heun, Logan Hill, Logan Fuller,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| ERIE — It was standing room only as friends and family filled the Erie High School gymnasium Sunday afternoon to watch 59 seniors receive their diplomas. Student speakers were salutatorian Zachary Maloney, valedictorian Shelby VanHoosier and senior… | (Leave a Comment) |
| By: CBS 4 Newsroom newsroom@cbs4qc.com Rock Island City Leaders are trying to get a local Vietnam veteran's silver star upgraded to a medal of honor. "It was a different kind of war. It darn near… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  By: CBS4 News, newsroom@cbs4qc.com They're riding across the country thanking veterans for their service and sacrifice along the way. Monday, the National Vets Awareness Ride rolled through the Quad… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Cities in Rock Island County are partnering up to attract new developments. | (Leave a Comment) |
| Two locals of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters are back on the job after approving a new three-year contract on Saturday. | (Leave a Comment) |
Monday, May 20th, 2013 |
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|  A local at risk and homeless teen shelter helps kids stay off the streets and it’s helping one teen turn his life around.
It’s a graduation day for Bethany Black Hawk Phoenix students,“I use to dream about this day,” it’s a dream that 18 year old Justin McGhee never thought would become reality.
Getting here hasn’t been easy for him though, “It was rough growing up. I was always told I would never be nothing in life, so I don`t know it`s just hard.”
Plus he was going down the wrong road, “Gangbanging, selling drugs, not going to school and stealing cars.”
He admits he did… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  By: CBS4 News, newsroom@cbs4qc.com If you're watching the heart wrenching story in Oklahoma unfold, and wondering how you can help, here's one way. The American Red Cross said the best thing you can… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Deer are causing headaches for some Rock Island residents, and options are being looked at to control the deer population within city limits. | (Leave a Comment) |
 |  There's definitely going to be a long road to recovery for people in Moore, Oklahoma. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Knights best Prince of Peace 8-1
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|  Bulldogs roll past Clinton 10-0
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|  Lone run in 1st inning all Bandits get in 4-1 loss
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|  13 West athletes sign Leters of Intent
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| MILAN -- Trustees on Monday heard a plea from a Rock Island County Health Department official to make village parks smoke-free. As part of the "We Choose Health" campaign, Jennifer Johnson, an educator with the health department,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| East Moline's aldermen approved a number of measures on Monday night. During the committee-of-the-whole meeting, aldermen approved a measure concerning a project aimed at revitalizing the Watertown neighborhood. The Watertown Community Empowerment Coalition, a… | (Leave a Comment) |
| A set back Monday night in Galesburg's plans to sell its Community Center. | (Leave a Comment) |
| Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 72. Rock musician Hilton Valentine (The Animals) is 70. Actor Richard Hatch is 68. Musician Bill Champlin is 66. Singer Leo Sayer is 65. Actress Carol Potter is 65. Sen. Al Franken,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| More than 400 deer live in Rock Island, according to an aerial count of the animals conducted in December. Debate broke out last year over the deer population in the city, with some calling for a cull… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Why? It’s the question many have asked as the city of Davenport and the Riverboat Development Authority pursue different casino developers.
After Monday, May 20th, 2013, 45 local organizations can answer that question and News 8′s Angie Sharp spoke with two of them.
Inside Casa De Los Ninos in Moline, little minds are growing.
“It’s about helping our young kids be prepared for Kindergarten,” says Michael Woods, Executive Director of Casa Guanajuato Quad Cities.
The bi-lingual preschool is finishing its first year and Woods wants to build another one across the riv… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Aledo is in good financial shape, compared to other cities its size, according to auditor Jim Taylor, of Carpentier, Mitchell, Goddard and Co. LLC. In an overview of this year's audit, Mr. Taylor told the city council… | (Leave a Comment) |
| MOLINE -- Aldermen tonight will review an economic incentive proposal with a hotel developer. Frontier Hospitality Group of Illinois LLC plans to build a Holiday Inn Express at the Quad City International Airport. According to council documents,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| VFW Post 8890 at 1810 1st St., East Moline, and the Ladies' Auxiliary will hold a memorial service at 6 p.m. today. Deceased members will be remembered, and there will be a MIA/POW service. A light supper… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  By: Andy McCray amccray@cbs4qc.com A new Severe T-Storm Warning has been issued that covers the Quad Cities until 3am Tuesday. Strong winds and hail will be possible as clusters of t-storms… | (Leave a Comment) |
| A tax relief plan being considered in Des Moines would leave a $40.5 million hole in Davenport's budget over nine years, aldermen were told Monday night. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Assumption senior with plenty of team succes with the Lady Knights, and as 1 of 9 kids at home
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| DAVENPORT -- The president of the Riverboat Development Authority said Monday she hopes to be able to recommend a new Davenport casino operator to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission on June 6. Mary Ellen Chamberlin said… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  By: Andy McCray amccray@cbs4qc.com After some much needed quiet weather Monday afternoon things are about to get stormy again around the Quad Cities. A Svr. T-Storm Watch has been issued for counties… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Admission is $1 on Mondays for the summer. That's the deal at the Family Museum in Bettendorf, the Putnam Museum in Davenport, the Quad-City Botanical Center in Rock Island and the Riverside A…… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Clean-up was underway in northern Texas, Monday, after more than a dozen tornadoes struck there last week.
News Eight’s Megan Noe and photographer Anthony Panicucci got a firsthand look at the dangers of severe weather as they joined a storm-chasing crew to track the tornadoes through the South.
“It never gets old. It’s always a challenge, and it’s always different,” said chaser and meteorologist JR Hehnly.
For News Eight, the chase started on Wednesday, May 15 — six days and 2,500 miles ago. As they analyzed models from Norman, Oklahoma, meteorologists from… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  A storm that moved over Carroll County on Sunday evening left a path of damage. Several farms have buildings and equipment that need repairs. However, everyone affected is grateful the damage is not more… | (Leave a Comment) |
| A new study says the share of Illinois' senior citizens living below the poverty line is nearly twice what official figures show. | (Leave a Comment) |
| CLINTON — The Clinton YWCA is teaming up with other local agencies to offer services to victims of domestic and sexual violence, but still working to raise money to continue their own services…… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Severe storms spawned a tornado in Carroll County Sunday Night. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  By: Crispin Havener chavener@cbs4qc.com A scary weekend for people working at a Princeton antique store. Police say David Jones went into Anne's Antiques at 2:30 PM Saturday, pointed a gun at the owner… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  A little league concession stand is being targeted by thieves. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Jan Appel wasn't paying much attention to the weather forecast and a tornado warning Sunday night. | (Leave a Comment) |
| Realtors at Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial Co. are trying to sell the Moline Ramada Hotel and Conference Center and the Days Inn & Suites on behalf of First Colorado National Bank, which has foreclosed on the properties. … | (Leave a Comment) |
| MOLINE -- The city has given Roger Colmark until July 14 to rebuild or repair a crumbling retaining wall on 12th Street. Last week, Moline sent Mr. Colmark a Notice and Order to correct several city code… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Update: 51 dead after Oklahoma tornado… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  We used to call them tornado sirens. But now, in Scott and Rock Island Counties that term is wrong. Emergency dispatchers will sound the sirens for three reasons: "They'll sound the sirens every 15 minutes… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Jan Appel of Carroll County, Illinois knew the storm that came through Sunday night was different by the way the wind was blowing.
“I looked out the window and I said ‘oh I don’t think we are going to like what’s outside’ and I decided it was time to go to the basement,” Jan says.
Jan says in what seemed like just seconds, the roof of her machine shed was gone. Luckily for the three generation farm family, all the machinery in those sheds were unharmed.
The machine shed was the main concern until she realized it wasn’t the only place hit. Jan had no idea until the… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  The National Weather service confirmed 26 tornadoes touched down in the Midwest on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
More than half of the tornadoes touched down in Kansas, one that was heading toward downtown Wichita. The storm was an EF-1 with winds over 100-mph.
A news crew was broadcasting live coverage of the storm when they had to take cover. The station stayed with the coverage as they sought shelter for their own safety.
The storm lifted before it reached the heart of the city.
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|  It started off like any other stormy night for Kendra Swartzkopf and her family in Woodhull, Illinois. But in a matter of three minutes, she says everything changed. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  When a weather emergency happens it's critical to get as much information out to as many people as possible. Weather radios and TV do that well, but they can lose power. There's another technology that… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  (CNN) — A massive tornado struck a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Details of the destruction are coming in thick and fast from CNN crews, our affiliates and witnesses.
Below is what we’re learning and you can click here for our latest full story:
Updated at 5:41 p.m. ET: Lance West, a reporter for CNN affiliate KFOR, says there are people pulling students from a classroom at an elementary school heavily damaged by the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma. There are no immediate reports on the condition of the children.
Updated at 5:35 p.m. ET: Congressman Tom Cole, who … | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Two 21-year-old men were given prison sentences for marijuana and gun offenses.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lee Weekly and Colin Thompson faced charges for conspiring to sell marijuana, disposing of a firearm to a drug user, and for possessing a firearm as a drug user.
The U.S. Attorney said Thompson and Weekly would buy and sell marijuana and split the profits. Thompson also purchased an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle with drug proceeds and gave the rifle to Weekly.
Weekly will serve a prison sentence of 18-months and Thompson will serve 3-months, according to the U.S. Attor… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  With the damage from storms, Davenport city officials are reminding people they do pick up some branches curbside. Branches less than six inches in diameter and less than five feet long can be placed… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  You can't hunt from your backyard. Or, can you? Right now, Rock Island is battling an overcrowding problem when it comes to it's deer population. And they are looking for shelter in places that humans… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  The issue of medical marijuana is close to Diane Bennett’s heart.
In the past, her fiancé used it quite frequently.
“He used to smoke the marijuana and it helped him with his seizures but he passed away of a heart attack in January,” said Bennett.
Opponents don’t think Illinois Governor Pat Quinn should sign off on a bill that would legalize cannabis use for patients if they have one or more of 42 medical conditions including cataracts, glaucoma, HIV or cancer.
“I don’t believe in drugs at all like that,” said one man, who opposes its use.
Others agai… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  A break in the active weather made for a nice morning out on the bike path for the Friends of the Bettendorf Parks Foundation's golf cart tour. People got the chance to see what the area parks and… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Some severe thunderstorms will likely be seen over the Quad City area Monday, May 20 into the evening.
According to the National Weather Service, from 6 p.m. to midnight severe storms are likely. Storms are could bring damaging winds and hail.
StormTrack 8 Meteorologist, Terry Swails said thunderstorms could arrive on Tuesday, but not many will turn severe. The greatest risk for storms will remain to the south.
Through Wednesday, temperatures will stay mild before becoming cooler toward the end of the week.
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|  SHAWNEE, Oklahoma (CNN) — A tornado struck just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, ripping apart homes and other buildings in populated areas.
The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities were likely.
Video from CNN affiliates showed a funnel cloud stretching from the sky to the ground, kicking up debris.
The tornado was estimated to be at least two miles wide at one point as it moved through Moore, Oklahoma, in the southern part of the Oklahoma City metropolit… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Members of the Burlington Fire Department are now better equipped on the safety front.
The department has received a KC Grain Rescue Tube from Big River Resources. The tube will allow members of the Fire Department to safely rescue workers covered in grain.
51 incidents of grain-engulfment were reported by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration in 2010. Of those reported, five were in Iowa.
The KC Grain Rescue Tube will be available to other area fire departments for emergencies and training purposes.
The tube is valued at $3,000.
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| Press release submitted by Broadway Church. Broadway Church, 710 23rd St., Rock Island, will have a Car Wash Fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, to help several of our low-income young refugees go… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Two Illinois people were arrested after an armed robbery in Princeton.
According to the Princeton Police, 30-year-old David Jones entered Anne’s Antiques Saturday, May 18 sometime in the afternoon and displayed a handgun.
Jones allegedly made the store owner and a woman in the store get on the floor. He then grabbed all the money in the register and fled, according to police.
Police said Jones was identified by 20-year-old Rebecca Daily, who was later charged with being Jones’ accomplice.
Jones was arrested and charged with armed robbery and is being held at the Bureau County Jail.
Daily w… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Women's Choice Center of the Quad-Cities The Women's Choice Center of the Quad-Cities will host the Women's Choice Center Charity Ride for Life, a new charity destination motorcycle ride on Saturday,… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  More than a dozen students from Davenport West High School are continuing their athletics as they go on to college.
On Monday, May 20, 13 athletes signed their letters of intent.
Alex Finn – Kirkwood CC – Softball
Lexi Quandt – Kirkwood CC – Softball
Mariah Bundy – Carl Sandburg College – Basketball
Ali Martin – AIB – Volleyball
Lexi Devlin – Scott Community College – Cross Country
Andy Bierl – Iowa Central CC – Soccer
Edi Turcinhodzic – Scott Community College – Soccer
Devyn Sacrison – University Dubuque – Soccer
Caitlyn McCreight – University Dubuque – So… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Riverboat Development Authority officials reported progress Monday in finding a buyer for the Rhythm City casino while announcing a smaller grant amount for local agencies. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  As Connor French slips into a cap and gown, his high school graduation day goes from celebration to catastrope.
“Bam,” he recalled. “The house caves in.”
Severe weather sends a large tree crashing through the roof Sunday evening. Father and son are downstairs watching TV.
“It terrified me,” Linn French said. “I thought the whole house was coming down.”
It all happens in a matter of minutes. There’s destructive wind and quick reactions.
“I heard things start blowing around outside,” Connor recalled. “A large crack and an ev… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Genesis Health Services Foundation awarded three different types of scholarships to nurses continuing their education.
At the annual Distinguished Nurse Lecture, Amy Fox was awarded the Virginia Pilcher Scholarship of $4,000. Fox is an operating room nurse who is working toward her MSN.
Genesis gave $2,500 degree completion scholarships to more than 30 nurses employed by the health service foundation.
The DeWitt Foundation awarded a scholarship to three nurses working toward degrees.
“We’re very proud of all of our nurses who are continuing their educations for the benefit of the patients … | (Leave a Comment) |
|  To pass a gun control bill, families of the Newtown Connecticut massacre victims planned to lobby Illinois Senators.
Nicole Hockley, Mark Barden, and Francine Wheeler lost loved ones in the deadly shooting last December. The three hope State Senators will enact bill that would limit ammunition magazines to no more than ten bullets.
The magazines used by the Sandy Hook school shooter had 30 bullets apiece.
The lobbyers said if the shooter had to reload more often, more children may have been saved.
For the bill to be passed, it requires 30 votes from State Senators and 60 votes from State Repre… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  The Kaaba Shriners are holding a screening clinic for children with orthopaedic conditions this Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. The screenings will take place at the Masonic Center, 511… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Learn more about the pets featured on News 8 at 11. Click on the QCAWC link for all the information you need to adopt a pet.
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|  A Davenport man was sentenced to 25-years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 40-year-old Mauriosantana Cowan was charged with conspiracy to distribute 280-grams or more of the drug.
The Department of Justice said from March 2009 through April 2010, he and two others planned to distribute large amounts of the substance. Cowan purchased cocaine base in Chicago and redistributed to people in the Quad Cities.
Cowan was also sentenced to ten-years of supervised release after he is out of prison, officials said.
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| SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn has asked for 16 more Illinois counties to receive federal aid after flooding last month. Quinn announced his request on Friday. Previously 11 Illinois counties were deemed eligible for federal aid. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Princeton Illinois police arrested two people in connection with an armed robbery over the weekend. Police say 30-year-old David Jones of Kewanee, Ill., entered Anne's Antiques displayed a handgun and… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Davenport Public Works crews remind residents that fallen tree branches less than six inches in diameter and less than five feet long can be placed for free curbside pickup on their regular ga…… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  A Moline house fire is being blamed on the storms that started Sunday night. | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by American Red Cross Event features speaker from American National Red Cross The American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area will hold its Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  The Riverboat Development Authority will discuss the six casino proposals currently on the table.
Board President Mary Ellen Chamberlin said that Monday at the group’s board meeting. The 12 member group is tasked with giving a new casino a gaming license.
In March, the city wanted to own a casino itself, but in early May, its plans changed. As previously reported, the city of Davenport is now teaming up with Quad City developer Rodney Blackwell to try building a $150 million casino at the I-80 and I-280 interchange. Blackwell’s group would own the casino in this latest proposal.
Th… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Gas prices have risen from just a few days ago.
Iowa Quad Citians were paying about $3.87 on Monday, May 20, 2013, while drivers on the Illinois side of the Q.C. were paying about $3.95.
The national average on Monday was $3.64.
According to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge report, on average, drivers in the entire state of Iowa were paying $4.01 per gallon for regular gas on Monday, and $3.93 for Mid-grade. Regular gas in Iowa was up more than 30-cents from Friday, May 17, 2013.
The state average for Illinois was $4.05 per gallon of regular gas, up about 5-cents from Friday.
The cheapest gas in the U… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Mississippi River Visitor Center The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Project announces they will be offering free tours of Locks and Dam #15 starting this Memorial Day… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Mississippi River Visitor Center The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Project is inviting guests to come experience a campground program on Wood Whittling. Join Berry Williams as he shares… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Independent Scholars Evenings May 23rd. 2013 Independent Scholars Evenings: Wither Moral Courage ! or Whither Moral Courage ? Second draft: Please bring your thoughts… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities Moline Conservation Club & Crime Stoppers Kids Fishing Rodeo Open to children ages 5 - 15 Saturday, June 1 Riverside Park… | (Leave a Comment) |
| As of 12:20 p.m. today, power had been restored to all but one customer in rural Rock Island County. Previously, nearly 1,200 customers in Rock Island County, Cordova, Port Byron, Henry County, Cleveland, East Moline, and Colona were without power. | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Mauriosantana Cowan sentenced for drug trafficking… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by R.I. County Soil and Water Conservation District The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will conduct a four-week general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), beginning May 20 and ending on June… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Secretary of State Jesse White Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with East Moline Senior Center, is offering a Rules of the Road Review Course for all citizens in the… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Eagle Ridge eighth-grade graduates are: Jalisa Berry, Teya Bradford, Austin Bruce, Shawn Castillo, Luisa Cerda-Marty, Julio Diaz, Antonio Dominguez, Bobby Dunham, James Hamilton Jr., Kelley Sweeney-Hill, Kaitlyn Hintze, Jasmine Huset, Daniel Kadlec, Matthew Merrill, Jeremy Monsoor, Mya Morgan, Miguel Rico-Diaz… | (Leave a Comment) |
| Press release submitted by Elly Gerdts Quad Cities - The Family Museum, Putnam Museum, Quad City Botanical Center and Moline's Riverside Aquatic Center, in partnership with The Family Credit Union are pleased to… | (Leave a Comment) |
| How to set up Gatekeeper and security for OS 10.8 (Quad-Cities Macintosh Users' Group) 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bettendorf Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive. Free, qcmugpresident@gmail.com, bettendorflibrary.com. Music, dance and food from around the world year-end celebration… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Here we go again! The same warm and humid air mass that produced numerous reports of strong wind gusts and hail yesterday will help fuel our second round of severe weather later today. The Storm Prediction Center has just updated their severe weather outlook for today and as you can see, the slight risk (represented in yellow) remains intact for the area with the stronger chances well to our south.
Eastern Iowa and Illinois stands on the warmer side of this system with southerly winds pulling warm, moist unstable air out of the central plains into the Midwest. Factor in a strong jet a… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  (CNN) — At least one performer fell hard for Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards.
Not sure what that means? Well, check out the top five moments from Sunday night’s 2013 Billboard Music Awards:
1. Miguel lands on a fan
The R & B singer accidentally landed on a woman in the mosh pit during a performance of his hit song “Adorn.” He was attempting a jump that went wrong. The fan appeared to be fine and the singer kept singing. Miguel later tweeted: “got caught up in the moment, thank goodness Khyati is okay.”
2. Taylor Swift wins eight out of the 1… | (Leave a Comment) |
|  Camanche Police arrested five people on meth charges over the weekend Arrested were 59-year-old Charles McKenrick, 32-year-old Kimberly Lane, 33-year old Nathan Green and 42-year old David Shamp, junior,… | (Leave a Comment) |
| American Red Cross of the Quad-Cities volunteers are working with a family whose home was damaged in a Sunday night fire in Moline. | (Leave a Comment) |
