Sarah Hayden
Reporter
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Sarah is a reporter for the Dispatch-Argus-QCOnline.com.
The Quad City International Airport will receive more than $8 million from the federal government as part of the CARES Act, legislation passed last month to provide financial relief to businesses, industries and Americans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A few weeks ago, Valerie O'Rourke had never touched a sewing machine. Fast forward to April, and O'Rourke has now sewn hundreds of cloth face masks and given them all away.
It's been two weeks since Bettendorf City Administrator Decker Ploehn sounded the alarm about a city man who tested positive for the new coronavirus and how he may have spread it to others in the community.
The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Scott and Rock Island counties increased again Friday, with six more in Scott County and four more in Rock Island County. The individuals range in age from their 20s to mid-70s, and all are self-isolating at home.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by three each in Rock Island and Scott counties on Wednesday, bringing the total to 19 in Rock Island County and 21 in Scott County.
Moline employees are accusing the city of not doing enough to protect them from the spread of coronavirus.
A Bettendorf police officer puts up more caution tape at Veteran's Memorial Park on Monday, March 30, 2020, after a group of five youths tore …
A Bettendorf police officer puts up more caution tape at Veteran's Memorial Park on Monday, March 30, 2020, after a group of five youths tore …
A group of five youths tore through yellow caution tape at Veteran's Memorial Park in Bettendorf on Monday, March 30, 2020, and used the playg…
Area cities are offering various forms of relief in an effort help those suffering from financial losses during the coronavirus pandemic.