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06/18/2013, 7:03 pm COAL VALLEY -- The Niabi's Zoo three lions are getting a new home, at a cost of around $3 million. ...
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06/18/2013, 6:05 pm ROCK ISALND --One person was sent to the hospital after a collision between a tow and the Crescent Bridge. ...
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06/18/2013, 5:57 pm ROCK ISLAND -- A U.S. Navy band has been forced to pull out of the Red, White & Boom celebrations ...
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06/18/2013, 5:54 pm It was a warm summer night in another lifetime, long past the point of no return. Silly had come ...
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06/18/2013, 5:40 pm ROCK ISLAND -- Developer Joe Lemon Jr. has made a formal $475,000 offer to buy Audubon School from the Rock ...
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06/18/2013, 5:20 pm NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's ...
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06/18/2013, 1:05 pm Press release submitted by city of Bettendorf BETTENDORF: The City of Bettendorf and Board of Trustees is ...
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06/18/2013, 11:34 am ROCK ISLAND -- Aldermen on Monday approved property tax incentives for the construction of new homes and condominiums from a ...
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06/18/2013, 11:22 am Press release submitted by Zobeida Laufenberg The Bix Youth Jazz Band will play on Wednesday, June 19th at ...
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06/18/2013, 11:19 am Press release submitted by United Way of the Quad Cities Area Volunteers will deliver 500 free Kindergarten Readiness ...
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06/18/2013, 11:16 am DAVENPORT -- More than two years after hosting a blockbuster exhibit of Titanic artifacts, the Putnam Museum will showcase an ...
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06/18/2013, 11:14 am ROCK ISLAND -- Just eight days after "A Christmas Story: The Musical" was honored with Tony Award nominations,Circa '21 Dinner ...
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06/18/2013, 11:13 am Press release submitted by city of Davenport Traffic in residential areas during the 4th of July festivities ...
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06/18/2013, 10:58 am Press release submitted by Davenport Community School District Davenport, Iowa-Superintendent Art Tate has announced the following principal ...
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06/18/2013, 10:52 am Press release submitted by Bettendorf Public Library Tuesday, July 9, starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Bettendorf Public ...
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06/18/2013, 10:44 am Press release submitted by city of Rock Island Update Rock Island is a segment at City Council ...
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06/18/2013, 5:41 pm MOLINE -- The number of passengers flying out of the Quad City International Airport is expected to increase in the ...
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06/18/2013, 10:20 am Ann's Helping Hands seeks helping hand Ann's Helping Hand, 805 S. High St., Port Byron, seeks size 36w men's shorts, ...
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06/18/2013, 10:40 am MOLINE -- Chicago, the classic rock band with horns, is like family or a best friend. After 46 years, ...
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06/17/2013, 10:21 pm PORT BYRON -- Trustees approved the prevailing wage ordinance Monday night, with Bruce Peterson opposed. Trustee Gerry Meade warned ...
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06/17/2013, 11:12 pm ALEDO -- A proposed disc golf course received a boost Monday night when Aledo City Council members approved a $5,000 ...
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06/17/2013, 11:13 pm EAST MOLINE -- Aldermen again rejected giving federal money to a group trying to revitalize the city's Watertown neighborhood. ...
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06/17/2013, 11:13 pm CAMBRIDGE -- A village committee on Monday night discussed demolishing the former Jack and Jill grocery store and the old ...
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06/17/2013, 11:13 pm DAVENPORT- The Diocese of Davenport said Monday it is awarding this year's Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award to ...
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06/18/2013, 9:14 am ROCK ISLAND -- School board members on Monday voted 4-2 vote to eliminate teaching duties for development director Bryan Stortz ...
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06/17/2013, 7:43 pm MOLINE -- Moline aldermen, sitting as the committee of the whole, will be asked Tuesday night to amend city ordinances ...
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06/17/2013, 11:14 pm Babe and Sophie's days at Niabi Zoo may soon come to an end, though several people at a public forum ...
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06/17/2013, 4:45 pm River Vision 2020, Jeff Anderson (Channel Cat Talk) 9-10:45 a.m., Celebration Belle Landing, 2501 E. River Drive, Moline. $12. 563-322-2969. ...
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06/17/2013, 4:40 pm Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year. 1863 -- ...
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06/17/2013, 3:19 pm Press release submitted by city of Rock Island Crack and Joint Sealing Program; 17th Street between 7th ...
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06/17/2013, 3:14 pm Press release submitted by Genesis Health System Understanding Medicare's changes for diabetes testing supplies DAVENPORT, Iowa – ...
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06/17/2013, 3:03 pm Submitted press release On Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m. and again on Sunday, June 30, 2 p.m. ...
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06/17/2013, 6:00 pm Press release submitted by Narveen Aryaputri June 20 "Windtalkers" movie by John Woo on the Navajo ...
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06/17/2013, 2:30 pm Press release submitted by United Neighbors, Inc. UNITED NEIGHBORS, INC., GETS READY TO KICK OFF SUMMER 2013 WITH ...
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06/17/2013, 5:29 pm MOLINE -- The Sunday fire in the Birdsell Chiropractic building is estimated to have caused $170,000 worth of damage, according ...
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06/17/2013, 11:01 am Press release submitted by city of East Moline East Moline Recycling Drop-off The City of East ...
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06/17/2013, 10:40 am Press release submitted by Ken Gullette Fill the Truck for Family Resources Domestic Violence Shelter Saturday June 22 ...
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06/17/2013, 10:31 am Press release submitted by Illinois Secretary of State Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with ...
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06/17/2013, 12:33 am Riding your bicycle along the Mississippi riverfront on a glorious June morning is one of the chief pleasures of living ...
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06/16/2013, 11:00 pm Today is Monday, June 17, the 168th day of 2013. There are 197 days left in the year. 1863 -- ...
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06/16/2013, 10:24 pm SILVIS --"You're a robot," screamed a little boy after tapping a bullet-proof vest worn by Silvis Police Chief William Brasche ...
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06/17/2013, 11:05 am Bettendorf native Tim Stop grew up going to some big-name concerts at the iWireless Center, but he had no idea ...
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06/17/2013, 12:34 am It was early March but late into the night. The p.m. had turned deep, deep into the a.m. Traveling ...
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06/16/2013, 5:51 pm Daniel Tiger 1-2:30 p.m., Davenport Library, 3000 N. Fairmount St. Free. 563-326-7832. Indoor Farmers' Market 2:30-4:30 p.m., Center for ...
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06/16/2013, 4:36 pm Fire extensively damaged the building housing Birdsell Chiropractic and several apartments in downtown Moline this morning. The fire broke ...
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06/15/2013, 11:53 pm Windows 7, Intro to Excel classes begin June 26 Need to enhance your computer skills? Take a class at ...
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06/15/2013, 11:46 pm ((( WITH RIAKEENAN16.JPG ))) Q-C veteran shares D-Day memories For the first time in 69 years, Emmett Keenan on ...
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06/15/2013, 11:43 pm MILAN -- A plentiful supply of "Eagle Country Market" balloons remains in stock, but other party supplies needed for an ...
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06/17/2013, 12:34 am ROCK ISLAND -- An "archaic" program used by the city of Rock Island that requires some homeowners to help pay ...
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06/17/2013, 12:35 am Today is Father's Day, a day to honor all dads -- and to give them gifts they will always treasure. ...
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06/15/2013, 11:40 pm MOLINE -- A 1,277-mile ride through America's inland waterways aboard personal watercraft -- a Kawasaki Jet Ski and Yamaha ...
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06/15/2013, 11:40 pm More than 300 arts advocates and leaders from across Illinois, and some from Iowa, will converge in Moline on June ...
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06/15/2013, 11:39 pm Volunteers are sought for the 29th annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival July 4-6 in Davenport's LeClaire Park. Volunteers who ...
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06/15/2013, 11:00 pm Today is Sunday, June 16, the 167th day of 2013. There are 198 days left in the year. 1863 -- ...
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06/15/2013, 10:51 pm MOLINE -- The Harold P. Griffith Chapter Moline High School National Honor Society induction ceremony on April 16 honored 109 ...
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06/15/2013, 8:16 pm Sgt. Luster's brown eyes flew open in surprise as Lynnie O'Keefe, of Moline, planted a kiss on the alpaca's lips. ...
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06/15/2013, 6:37 pm Doubt: A Parable (Drama) 2 p.m., The District Theatre, 1611 2nd Ave., Rock Island. $20. 309-235-1654. How to Train ...
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  Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Fanatics have grown wonderfully civil since the president snubbedthem by revoking Burnside's infamous attack upon the freedom of the press.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Passengers were stunned yesterday when lightning struck a LongView street car at 9th Ave. and 25th St.
1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Radio station WQAD in Moline is being considered by the NationalCivil Defense Office for selection as a "secured communication center" Mrs. Gault,executive deputy director of the Moline Civil Defense unit reported today.
1988 -- 25 years ago: "Marketplace 29 A.D." an unusual vacation Bible school programthat will allow children to live three days as people did during the Bible Times June 21-23. The three day program, is a joint project of Aldersgate and Bethel-Wesley UnitedMethodist churches.






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