http://www.qcanews.com/ News and views from both sides of the river en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss QCANews.com RSS Generator brad@musatcha.com (Brad Isbell) brad@musatcha.com (Brad Isbell) 15 Press release submitted by Augustana CollegeRock Island, Ill. -- Amber Brackett and Melissa Lehpamer, both seniors at Augustana College, recently were honored by the Women's Connection through its Emerging Women Leaders program. Both women were chosen http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77921 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:25 -0500 Press release submitted by City of DavenportStarting Thursday, February 23rd, Grand Avenue will be closed just north of Central Park Avenue for sewer repairs. The street should reopen early next week. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77922 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:25 -0500 Press release submitted by City of Rock IslandUpdate Rock Island is a segment at City Council meetings given by Mayor Dennis Pauley focusing on news in Rock Island. The video segment from the meeting is available on the http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77919 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:24 -0500 Press release submitted by Sarah CastroJazz It Up! Saturday, Feb. 25th for quality health care in the Quad CitiesCommunity Health Care, Inc. Holds 4th Annual FundraiserDavenport, IA -- Community Health Care's (CHC) 4th annual http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77920 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:24 -0500 CARBON CLIFF — If she lives to be 90 years old, Paige Taets, 22, will rake in more than $1.76 million dollars from the Illinois Lottery. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77918 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:02 -0500 SPRINGFIELD  — Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois must act now on fixing government pension systems, but he isn’t proposing a solution. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77916 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:01 -0500 Good afternoon, Quad-Cities. Here is your National Weather Service forecast. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77917 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:01 -0500 Paige Taets of Silvis will receive $500 a week for the rest of her life after winning a $500 Week For Life scratch game from the Illinois Lottery. The 22-year-old received an oversized check today during a press conference at http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77915 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:32 -0500 IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has canceled a campus alert first issued after a report of an armed person at an Iowa City park. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77911 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:02 -0500  A 43-year-old Clinton man has been sentenced to two months behind bars and ordered to pay nearly $143,000 in restitution for Social Security fraud. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77912 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:02 -0500 Eisenhower Elementary to host Fine Arts Night: Eisenhower Elementary School will host Fine Arts Night from 5-7 p.m. Thursday to celebrate all the budding artists at the school from paint and design to http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77913 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:02 -0500 Submissions sought for photo contest: In commemoration of its 175th anniversary in December, Scott County will host a photo contest for a poster containing approximately 12 photos that portray the cou http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77914 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:02 -0500 DES MOINES — Judgment week in the Iowa Legislature left some hoped-for bills on the wayside on Wednesday. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77910 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:01 -0500 Press release submitted by Henry County Tourism Bureau Henry County, IL ~ On Friday, March 23, Renaissance Hennepin, a project of the non-profit Friends of the Hennepin Canal, will host a dinner/theater capital campaign gala, Unlocking the Journey, http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77909 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:47 -0500 Press release submitted by Laura CurtisGet your glam on! Uptown Hound is sponsoring a fundraiser for Animal Aid Humane Society on Saturday, March 3rd! All nail clippings will be $10. Uptown Hound will also be accepting cash and http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77907 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:46 -0500 Press release submitted by Genesis Health SystemGenesis Health System among top 20 percent for patient outcomes and patient safetyDAVENPORT, Iowa -- Feb. 22, 2012 -- Genesis Health System has been designated among the top 20 http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77908 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:46 -0500 Press release submitted by Wapsi River Environmental Education CenterBluebird house workshop plannedOn Saturday, March 3 at 10:00 A.M. the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center will host a bluebird house workshop. Join Aaron Askelson to learn http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77904 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:25:55 -0500 Press release submitted by Narveen AryaputriDear Independent Scholar, Co-leaners and Supporters, We resume the Independent Scholars' Evenings with a sharing of your favorite poetry or prose. These are the poems and prose that are like http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77905 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:25:55 -0500 Park searched, no threat found http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77903 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:25:38 -0500 The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for counties in and around the Quad Cities area for Thursday, February 23, 2012. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77906 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:22:00 -0500 Press release submitted by Augustana CollegeRock Island, Ill. -- The United States Navy's official chorus from Washington, D.C., the Navy Band Sea Chanters, will give a concert on Tuesday, March 13, at 8 p.m. in Augustana College's Centennial http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77902 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:56:25 -0500 Armed person seen in City Park http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77901 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:55:58 -0500 Violent protests left at least five dead and others wounded Wednesday as demonstrations over Quran burning intensified in Afghanistan. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77900 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:47:00 -0500 Press release submitted by Ron Peterson, Andover Tourism CouncilCalling all Velie ownersOwners of Velie buggies and cars are invited to participate in the Velie Display/Reunion at the "More Fun on 81" Festival on Saturday, June 2, http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77899 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:25:38 -0500 An essay by William Roba, instructor of history at Scott Community College, has been selected for inclusion in the Yearbook of German-American Studies. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77896 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:25:01 -0500 Paul Herrera wonders whether enough people in the Quad-Cities know the artistic legend of the Rev. Edward Catich. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77897 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:25:01 -0500 A Clinton, Iowa man will serve two months in prison for lying to get more than $140,000 in disability benefits. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77898 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:13:00 -0500 An Iowa City, Iowa woman became the first person to file a lawsuit against Jimmy John's restaurants after she became ill when she ate a sandwich containing sprouts at the chain's West Des Moines location. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77895 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:15:00 -0500 SPRINGFIELD — A new count shows there were slightly more bald eagles in Illinois this January compared with January of last year. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77894 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:25:02 -0500 DES MOINES — Hunters in Iowa killed about 4.5 percent fewer deer during the recent hunting seasons. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77891 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:25:02 -0500 A water main break has been reported in the 3200 block of Harrison Street in Davenport. The break is south of the Duck Creek. Be alert for crews working on the emergency as well as lane closures. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77892 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:25:02 -0500 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn describes it as the "toughest budget we've faced." http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77893 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:11:00 -0500 Today is Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2012. There are 313 days left in the year.1862 -- 150 years ago: The recent victory of the Union Army and the prospect of free navigation to New Orleans http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77890 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:25:34 -0500 IOWA CITY— The City Council has approved an ordinance change to allow traffic cameras in Iowa City. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77886 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:25:02 -0500 IOWA CITY — An Iowa woman sickened by eating tainted sprouts filed a lawsuit Tuesday against sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the first stemming from a recent outbreak of a foodborne illness linked to the http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77887 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:25:02 -0500 Davenport Public Works reports that Grand Avenue will be closed just north of Central Park Avenue for sewer repairs beginning Thursday. The street should reopen early next week. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77888 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:25:02 -0500 A good Wednesday morning to all. You’re waking up to 35 degrees and overcast skies. The National Weather Service is calling for a slight chance of rain and snow before 9 a.m., then a slight chance of http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77889 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:25:02 -0500 Carbon Cliff plans Little League signupsThe Carbon Cliff Sports Club will have Little League signups on:- Thursday, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Carbon Cliff Fire Station, 305 2nd Ave.- Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. to http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77884 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:25:24 -0500 HAMPTON -- Hampton Grade School has announced the junior high honor roll and honorable mention for the second quarter of the 2011-12 school year.Honor RollEighth grade -- Foster Atwood, Isaac Boore, Anthony Brown, Chris Clark, Aaron http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77885 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:25:24 -0500 A team of students; Pardeep Saini, Amber Sawvell, and Eli Shellabarger from Davenport West High School have won the 2012 Iowa Real World Design Challenge during a competition held last Saturday at the http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77883 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:55:22 -0500 Iowa American Water Company, which serves the Iowa Quad Cities, plans to change its water treatment process for the next four weeks as part of its hydrant flushing program. Starting Monday, Feb. 20, the http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77882 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:55:17 -0500 Authorities in Dubuque say they found a working meth lab in the basement of a vacant home. According to a news release, the Dubuque Drug Task Force received a tip Monday about a possible meth lab inside http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77881 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:55:16 -0500 Police say they found a meth lab in the home of a rural Iowa man. Robert McClain is currently being held in the Clinton County jail on unrelated charges, but after police say they found meth making materials http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77877 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:16 -0500 Four! That's a sound heard a lot in Silvis, home of the John Deere Classic. Some city leaders want to capitalize on that claim to fame when it comes to making over the water tower. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77878 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:16 -0500 Moline police routinely respond to emergencies, and tonight city council responded to theirs. Council members voted unanimously to approve an emergency purchase of a new server for the police department. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77879 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:16 -0500 Raises are on the way for some rock island county employees. Three unions; FOP, ASCME 2025A, and Local 150 are getting 2% raises every year for the next three years. Those unions include workers from http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77880 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:16 -0500 The Bettendorf High School wrestling room will soon have a new name. The board of education voted to name the room after former teacher and wrestling coach Francis "Franc" Freeman. Freeman worked at http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77876 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:15 -0500 As Quad-Citians try to create a new ACLU chapter, one issue lingers: whether the old leadership will be allowed to return. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77874 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:02 -0500 The Scott County Board of Supervisors received some good news Tuesday on mental health funding. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77875 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:02 -0500 As St. Ambrose University continues construction projects and plans for future growth, residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the 130-year-old Davenport school continue to look for solutions to ol http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=77873 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:25:01 -0500