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Free Read Local events are held on the second Wednesday on a bimonthly basis at the Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf. The next event will be 7 p.m. April 11. No registration is required.

Driving on Avenue of the Cities in Moline, east of Interstate 74, have you ever noticed the similarity between many of the houses? Quite a few have barn-like roofs, called gambrel. Or the duplexes, built at an angle on their…

The historical significance of the 1918 government housing neighborhoods in the Quad-Cities is huge, Des Moines historian James E. Jacobsen says.

Hundreds of people sham-rocked the holiday as they packed into and around downtown Davenport’s Freight House after the parade for a vibrant after-party.

A caused an estimated $20,000 in damage to a Moline home early Saturday.

The Quad-Cities came close to a new record for the one-day snowfall in March, but did set a record for the March 24 snowfall.

When Maria Duran-Sanchez, 18, a student at Davenport Central High School, learned on Feb. 14 that 17 students had lost their lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in another school shooting, she realized something needs to…

Thousands of Democratic activists in Iowa battled snow-packed roads to get to their county conventions Saturday, the second time in a little more than two months that a major party event was socked by a storm.