News headlines for the evening of Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Rock Island County will soon start looking for a new county administrator. One month after notifying the county board that he would probably be leaving, Dave Ross has accepted a similar position in Florida. Downtown Rock Island is now home to an education center where people can learn how to buy a house, car, or make other investments. Saint Ambrose University is preparing to celebrate the latest addition to its campus in Davenport.

Headlines for the evening of September 26, 2017: - a brief lockdown today for two schools in Davenport while police investigated reports of a suspicious person. - the police chief of Buffalo, Iowa is hospitalized after being hit by a stolen truck Monday. The driver faces numerous charges, including attempted murder. - and Iowa's three public universities will ask the legislature for more money next year. The forecast for tonight: cloudy with a low near 54. Tomorrow, sunny, high around 71.

tonight's headlines: A Moline elementary school will be closed this week following Sunday's fire. It affects 270 children in grades k-5, and 20 staff. A police officer was seriously injured today while pursuing a stolen truck. The identity and which agency the officer comes from have not been disclosed. Modern Woodmen has renewed its naming rights deal with the Quad Cities River Bandits for another ten years.

News headlines for the evening of Friday, September 22, 2017 The ACLU of Iowa is filing a lawsuit to challenge the Iowa Department of Human Services’ ban on Medicaid coverage for transition-related medical care for transgender Iowans. The civil rights group says the ban is based on outdated assumptions about the nature of transgender health care. A Rock Island police officer is recovering at home after allegedly being assaulted and beaten while responding to a call of domestic battery at a

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News headlines for the evening of Monday, September 18, 2017 United Way of the Quad Cities will try to raise $17 million in the next two years, in part to continue to fund non-profit agencies and schools throughout the area. The organization changed its distribution formula this year, making its application process public. In May, a volunteer committee promised three years of funding to about 38 out of 80 applicants. The state prison in East Moline is on lockdown following the weekend attack

News headlines for the evening of Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Construction of the new I-74 bridge has resulted in another detour in downtown Moline. Wednesday the on-ramp for eastbound traffic closed, at 19th Street and 7th Avenue. In addition, according to the latest construction update on the project, 7th Avenue around the highway is limited to one lane in each direction. People who live and work on and near John Deere Road should be glad the weather has been dry lately. The lack of rain

News headlines for the evening of Tuesday, September 12, 2017 The change in the Illinois school funding formula is causing some uncertainty for those planning the budget for the 2018-2019 school year. Last night, the United Township High School board adopted the proposed budget. A local company is working with mental health care providers, schools, and others to help prevent teenagers from committing suicide. On Monday in Davenport, Mickle Communications and the Healthy Happy Families Foundation

News headlines for the evening of Wednesday, September 6, 2017 As work continues on the new, I-74 Bridge, people who live and work in Moline will soon have to deal with the closure of a busy intersection. Ryan Hippen, an engineer with the Illinois DOT, says first, 7th Avenue just east of I-74 will be reduced to one lane in each direction. That will allow a crew to remove the median. Then on September 25th, the street and intersection with 19th Street will be closed. Iowa’s and Illinois'