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Saving our Shelters: A look inside area shelters as overcrowding reaches new highs and how you can help heading into the new year #QuadCities
Saving our Shelters: A look inside area shelters as overcrowding reaches new highs and how you can help heading into the new year
As the year wraps up, animal rescues across the Quad Cities say they are facing a tough reality: Full kennels, families in crisis and a lot of pets with nowhere else to go. But, they also say a lit…
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December 31, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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How new AEA funding is affecting Iowa schools #QuadCities
How new AEA funding is affecting Iowa schools
Iowa’s 2024 law (HF 2612) reforming Area Education Agency (AEA) funding is now in full effect. The law gives school districts the ability to control spending – 90% must be spent with AE…
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December 31, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Orion comes up short in third place game against Galena
Orion comes up short in third place game against Galena
Galena boys basketball wins the third place game of the Warkins Classic over Orion, 63-52.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Newman beats Riverdale for Warkins Classic Championship
Newman beats Riverdale for Warkins Classic Championship
Sterling Newman boys basketball remains undefeated after a close 79-73 win over Riverdale. The Comets are the 2025 Warkins Classic Champions.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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QCA gyms prepare for the New Year’s rush #QuadCities
QCA gyms prepare for the New Year’s rush
Every time the New Year’s Day rolls around, many people create New Year’s resolutions, often with a “new year, new me,” thought process. Often, that resolution is to better …
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December 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Longtime QCA union supporter dies #QuadCities
Longtime QCA union supporter dies
A longtime labor-union supporter who tried to help save the Maytag facility in Galesburg has died, according to his obituary. David Bevard, 73, of Bolingbrook, formerly of Galesburg, died on Christ…
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December 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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American Red Cross urges donors to give to keep blood supply strong #QuadCities
American Red Cross urges donors to give to keep blood supply strong
The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply as strong as possible in the final days of the year and into 2026, a news release …
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December 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Pay what you want at winter lights display, Botanical Center, Rock Island #QuadCities
Pay what you want at winter lights display, Botanical Center, Rock Island
At Winter Lights Powered by MidAmerican Energy Foundation, you can pay what you want during nights sponsored by The Family Credit Union, a news release says. Pay What You Want hours will be 5-8 p.m…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Read Waterman’s remarks at swearing-in as U. S. attorney for Southern District of Iowa #QuadCities
Read Waterman’s remarks at swearing-in as U. S. attorney for Southern District of Iowa
On Dec. 12, U. S. Attorney David C. Waterman delivered remarks at his formal swearing-in ceremony at the United States Courthouse in Des Moines, a news release says. The December ceremony marked th…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Your New Year’s Eve weather forecast #QuadCities
Your New Year’s Eve weather forecast
New Year’s Eve is tomorrow and so some are wondering how the weather is going to be when then ball drops? For those planning on celebrating New Years early in the day for “Noon” Y…
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December 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Superbug hits Iowa, Illinois, other states: Here’s where the deadly fungus is spreading #QuadCities
Superbug hits Iowa, Illinois, other states: Here’s where the deadly fungus is spreading
Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus that has infected at least 7,000 people in 2025, according to tracking by t…
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December 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Power outage hits Iowa Quad Cities #QuadCities
Power outage hits Iowa Quad Cities
A power outage has hit the Iowa Quad Cities. As of 3:45 p.m., MidAmerican Energy reports 2188 homes are affected by the outage. For updates, click here.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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New Year fireworks laws in the Quad Cities: What to know #QuadCities
New Year fireworks laws in the Quad Cities: What to know
As the 2026 quickly approaches, you may want to ring in the new year with fireworks. Here is information you need to know about what’s allowed (or isn’t) allowed in parts of the QCA. Io…
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December 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Hawkeyes facing challenge to contain Vanderbilt QB Pavia in Reliaquest Bowl #QuadCities
Hawkeyes facing challenge to contain Vanderbilt QB Pavia in Reliaquest Bowl
The Iowa Hawkeyes have already tangled with Heisman Trophy winning Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza.   The Hawkeyes lost that game back in September 20-15.   Now the Hawkeye…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Moline Regional Community Foundation partners with Old National Bank on grants #QuadCities
Moline Regional Community Foundation partners with Old National Bank on grants
Starting this year, Moline Regional Community Foundation (MRCF) and Old National Bank Wealth Management are partnering to award grants to local nonprofits. Over $169,000 in funding is being awarded…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Galesburg woman arrested after November fatal crash #QuadCities
Galesburg woman arrested after November fatal crash
A woman from Galesburg is in the Knox County Jail after police say she was involved in a fatal crash in November. Ashley England (Knox County Jail) A news release from the Galesburg Police Departme…
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December 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Davenport man arrested, charged in January shooting #QuadCities
Davenport man arrested, charged in January shooting
A Davenport man has been arrested after police say he conspired with co-defendants to commit a shooting in January 2025. Criminal complaints filed in the case say that Davenport Police responded to…
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December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Chilly end to 2025 and a cold start to the new year #QuadCities
Chilly end to 2025 and a cold start to the new year
December will end up snowier and colder than average for the Quad Cities. We have two systems dropping in today and tomorrow that could add a little more snow to those totals. After a cold start to…
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December 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Illinois State Fair transitions to digital tickets for 2026 #QuadCities
Illinois State Fair transitions to digital tickets for 2026
After a successful trial in 2025, the Illinois State Fair will transition to digital ticketing for 2026, according to a news release that says this modernization will provide guests with a more con…
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December 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Kewanee Police provide update on Child Passenger Safety Initiative #QuadCities
Kewanee Police provide update on Child Passenger Safety Initiative
As 2025 comes to a close, the Kewanee Police Department is providing an update on its ChildPassenger Safety Initiative, a community safety program launched in June of 2024, a news release says. The…
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December 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Riverdale Rams defeat Orion 74-61
Riverdale Rams defeat Orion 74-61
The Riverdale Rams beat Orion 74-61 in Erie on December 29.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Governor selects colonel from QCA as Illinois National Guard leader #QuadCities
Governor selects colonel from QCA as Illinois National Guard leader
Gov. JB Pritzker has selected Illinois Air National Guard Director of Staff Colonel Steven B. Rice of Morrison, Ill., as the next assistant adjutant general – air of the Illinois National Guard, a …
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December 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Learn about sports tourism at upcoming Visit Quad Cities event #QuadCities
Learn about sports tourism at upcoming Visit Quad Cities event
Visit Quad Cities, the region’s official destination marketing organization (DMO), has announced that AccelerateVQC: The Power of Sports Tourism will be held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 11 at at Vibrant Ar…
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December 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Corrections officer finds unresponsive inmate in Clinton County Jail #QuadCities
Corrections officer finds unresponsive inmate in Clinton County Jail
An unresponsive inmate was found in a cell about 12;25 p.m. Sunday when a Clinton County Jail correctional officer was conducting routine cell checks, according to a news release from the Clinton C…
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December 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Ohl Strong donates $80,000 to Trinity Cancer Center for pancreatic cancer patients #QuadCities
Ohl Strong donates $80,000 to Trinity Cancer Center for pancreatic cancer patients
While the Iowa Hawkeyes battled the USC Trojans in the Los Angeles Coliseum on November 15, over 250 people gathered at the Eldridge community center. While they did wholeheartedly cheer on the Haw…
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December 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM