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Another mild one!

Quad City Times Local / Top News - 9 hours 51 min ago
Good morning, Quad-Cities. You’re waking up to 51 degrees and cloudy skies. Another mild day is in store for the region according to the National Weather Service. We’ll see partly sunny skies toda
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Grand Prix still going strong

Quad City Times Sports - 13 hours 59 min ago
The carts whizzing by at 100 mph. People talking and cheering on sidewalks. For the past 16 years, the Rock Island Grand Prix has entertained the Quad-Cities every Labor Day weekend.
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Former Black Hawk professor publishes his first novel

Quad City Times Local / Top News - 13 hours 59 min ago
In the 34 years that James L. Thane was a history professor at Black Hawk College in Moline and the University of Iowa, he had other aspirations.
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Long-term unemployed at highest level in decades

Quad City Times Local / Top News - 13 hours 59 min ago
Nineteen months ago, Warren Bean, a 51-year-old Navy veteran, lost his job.
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Thousands turn out for festival of praise

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 22:11
As she waited for the sixth annual Festival of Praise to begin Saturday in LeClaire Park, Donna Sims of Davenport contributed her time by working in the prayer tent.
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Hotel Blackhawk retailers await December launch

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 22:00
While passers-by marvel at the new-look Hotel Blackhawk as its reconstruction hastens toward a December opening, several new businesses are getting eager to get work under way on their operations insi
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Annual Labor Day Pow Wow marks its 70th year

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 22:00
“You haven’t had tacos till you’ve had Indian tacos,” the woman said while carrying a stack of plates covered with tacos, ground beef, cheese and fried bread.
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Man accused in child's death dies in Maquoketa

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 20:01
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — A Jackson County man facing a charge stemming from the death of his adopted 4-year-old son died Saturday afternoon, apparently of natural causes, at a home in Maquoketa.
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Loebsack takes to the skies above Iowa City

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 17:23
IOWA CITY – Sometimes when U.S. Rep Dave Loebsack does a “Take Your Congressman to Work” day, he actually gets his hands dirty.
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Culver 'moving on' from film incentive program

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 17:20
DES MOINES — Gov. Chet Culver said Friday he does not plan to restart the state’s troubled film incentive program for new applicants once the obligations have been met for projects that received i
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Hawkeyes steamroll Panthers in opener

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 16:30
IOWA CITY - Adam Robinson insisted he wasn't trying to make the most of an opportunity.
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Rock Island woman dies in multi-vehicle crash near Thomson

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:57
THOMSON, Ill. — Joyce M. Livengood, 84, of Rock Island died Saturday from injuries she received in a multi-vehicle crash on Illinois 84 just north of Covell Road.
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Sunny, clear and cooler

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 06:05
Good morning, Quad-Cities. You’re waking up to 49 degrees and fair skies. At historic Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, it will be sunny with a high near 69 degrees – perfect football weather. The win
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Fatal accidents reminder of grain bin danger

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 02:00
High moisture from last year’s harvest has caused grain to stick to the sides of grain bins this year and is making work hazardous for local farmers.
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West graduates celebrate golden nostalgia

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 02:00
When Davenport West High School opened 50 years ago this month, the girls didn’t wear slacks, remembers Mary Ann Hoglund, class of 1963. Instead, they all wore dresses, she said Friday as she and ab
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Peace activist honored with Pacem in Terris award

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 02:00
John Dear doesn’t build or design agricultural equipment, but he did attempt to “beat swords into plowshares” by hammering on an F15 nuclear fighter bomber at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in G
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Arsenal golf course prepares for public opening in October

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 02:00
The transition of the private Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club to a public club is moving quickly, and members of the community likely will be able to hit the links and enjoy dinner and drinks in the his
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Maquoketa's Rosenfels traded to Giants

Quad City Times Sports - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:45
The New York Giants acquired quarterback Sage Rosenfels and running back Darius Reynaud from the Minnesota Vikings on Friday for undisclosed draft picks.
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Scott County sustainability survey collects 1,000 responses

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:38
An online survey to gauge the thoughts of Scott County residents on their community, environment and economy drew more than 1,000 responses and is moving to its next stage.
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Lottery bidder promises scholarships

Quad City Times Local / Top News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:51
SPRINGFIELD — One of the companies bidding to manage the Illinois lottery is promising to create an educational scholarship program worth an estimated $35 million if it wins the potentially lucrativ
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