IOWA
- Former UI therapist sentenced for sexually assaulting patients
- Hotel Ottumwa closing after 44 years
- Des Moines paramedics can now give blood on scene. It’s transforming trauma care
- Man arrested during Catholic PreK-2nd grade choir concert, accused of assaulting off-duty officer
- Marion Cty sheriff fires deputy following investigation into alleged past conduct
- Malnourished dog dies in Cedar Rapids; police launch an investigation
- Former Mitchellville Fire Chief Mike Twohey sues city over his firing
- Sheldon elementary students learn agriculture through mobile classroom
- Decorah schools ending partnership w Crossroads Academy alternative school
- Details of UnityPoint lay-off plans revealed
- Four Iowans celebrated as Consumer Protection Heroes
- Iowa House GOP releases new property-tax plan
- Waukee psychologist charged w incompetence for second time in three years
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn holds townhall in Davenport 04/17
- Fire chief billed tax-payers for personal expenses, Eldridge officials claim
- Iowa State U research links pollinators, prairie plants in creating biodiversity
- Iowa Dems outraise GOP incumbents in two House races; Rep Ashley Hinson leads in Senate funds
- Burlington’s Sterzing’s in top “Coolest Thing Made in Iowa”
- Iowa Dept of Transportation names bridges to rebuild using $65M
- DeWitt mourns science teacher after car accident, house fire
- State approves investment grants for four QCA businesses
- Students, community members in Wayland come together for storm debris clean-up
- Road work will affect access to Eagle Heights Elementary School, Clinton
- Iowa Senate passes bill setting tax, regulations on hydrogen extraction
- North High Senior competing in Nat’l Poetry Out Loud competition in DC
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AT THE MOVIES
- Mock-Doc Shock Talk: “Faces of Death,” “You, Me & Tuscany,” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
- For Better or Worst: “The Drama,” “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” and “Pizza Movie”
- Beats and Beetz: “They Will Kill You” and “Forbidden Fruits”
- Rock and Man, Burnin’ Out Their Fuses Up There Alone: “Project Hail Mary,” “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” and “The Pout-Pout Fish”
ILLINOIS
- State House GOP splits on bill allowing eligible high schoolers to register to vote
- Champaign launches survey to shape homelessness blueprint
- Tilton pulls permit after Comcast contractors hit gas main
- Tuscola’s RISE Behavioral Health and Wellness announces closure
- State Fair announces 2026 arena events, ticket sales begin 04/21
- Peoria investing $480K in upgrades to Martin Luther King Jr Park
- Inmates earn grad certificates through Elite Comm Outreach Program
- OSF Children’s Hospital opens clinic for disorders of sexual differentiation
- Sixth annual Shorts-a-Palooza brings Illinois filmmakers to Morrison
- UIUC researchers creating “AI virtual try-on technology” to ease online shopping stress
- Pekin to boosts anti-human-trafficking efforts w new training
- Libertyville board clears way for construction of $32M police station
- Community colleges generate nearly $800M in economic impact across Central Illinois
- Cash-strapped DePaul U closes curtain on Downtown’s historic Reskin Theatre
- Burdened by costs of an ICE facility in town, Broadview reckoning w spotlight it never wanted
- Chicago Officer Krystal Rivera’s partner hid after fatally shooting her, failed to provide aid, new video shows
- Gov JB Pritzker pumped $10M into Juliana Stratton’s Senate primary win though outside PAC
- State biometric data law considered threat to businesses
- Former charter school exec charged w stealing more than $100K from Urban Prep
- Chicago cab fares to increase 20% as City Council tries to buoy taxi industry
- Residents in Des Plaines, other suburbs brace for more flooding amid heavy rains
- Chicago’s school board election is coming — don’t say you weren’t warned
- First chunk of new transit money to be spent on security, services for CTA, Metra, Pace
- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says “May 1 is happening,” despite pushback from Public Schools CEO
- Legislation would cap some prescriptions
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LOCAL
- Free QC soccer team offers kids, refugees opportunities
- Zach Lahn campaigns for governor in Davenport
- Putnam Museum launches big new society for full-scale Triceratops
- Navigate cancer treatment w the Oncology Brothers
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn holds townhall in Davenport 04/17
- Eastern Iowa Comm Colleges return w kid’s summer camps featuring cooking, STEM, art, personal growth
- TWO EVENTS, ONE DAY: QC BUSINESS SHOWCASE: HOB NOSH ’26 AND RIVER ACTION EARTH DAY CLEANUP 04/22River Action hosting Earth Day Cleanup in Davenport 04/22
- State approves investment grants for four QCA businesses
- Order deadline nears for Safer Foundation’s annual lunch fundraiser
- Iraq War vet Bob Stark, Rep Ken Croken urge federal passage of Major Richard Star Act 04/14
- Bettendorf’s Michael Bridgford, Independent candidate, announces First Dist Congressional run
- UnityPoint Health to eliminate over 200 jobs. Are Trinity posts in trouble?
- Find deals at Spring Comm Garage Sale in Rock Island 04/25
- Iowa playwright Mary Swander to present “Coop” at Davenport museum
- Midwest Technical Institute hosting student welding competition 04/18
- QC Maid-Rites get ready to celebrate 100th anniversary of chain’s founding in Muscatine
- Davenport blood drive highlights closely-linked need for blood, organ donation
- Burlington man charged w attempted murder after Davenport apartment shooting
- Rock Island Arsenal will dedicate pergola to honor survivor families
- New Davenport speed cabinets ticket more than 200 people a day
- Rock Island Library buildings closing for staff development
- Spinal Decompression w the QC Wellness Group
- Safely dispose of medications at Nat’l Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- United Way QC free tax assistance program returns over $4.6M to local families
- MOLINE’S RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT WILL START PLANNING OUT HOW IT WILL BLOW STUFF UP SOMETIME IN 2027
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