today's headlines: results from the first year of trying to boost attendance at QC schools, "union alternatives" begin contacting workers in Illinois following the Janus decision, and this year's rotating sculpture program opens this week. It should be sunny today, with a high around 88, and light northeast winds.

Today's headlines: The Rock Island Preservation Society rallies to save the courthouse from demolition, Dollar General opens in Hampton, and, Iowa's Seventh Judicial District narrows its search for a new judge to two nominees. Forecast for today: Sunny and 82 degrees.

Headlines for today: Synthetic drugs continue to plague Illinois, A falling branch injures fireworks spectators in Rock Island, and, the Davenport School District considers closing a school. Forecast for today: Sunny and 82 degrees.

Headlines for today: Four candidates will be on the ballot for Illinois governor this fall, Churches United of the Quad Cities begins its Thanksgiving in July food drive, and, a case manager for the Salvation Army decides to run for the Iowa Senate. Forecast for today: Sunny and 85 degrees.

Today's headlines: Stanley Liggins' third trial is set for late August in Waterloo. Rock Island parks start a naturalization program. A new addiction clinic has opened in Burlington. Today's forecast: sunny skies, with a high near 86.

Todays headlines: Nearly 1% of the electorate in Iowa's largest counties did not show voter ID, Palmer College partners with a Pennsylvania school to attract students, and Black Hawk College discusses its new budget. Forecast for today: Sunny and 98 degrees.

Headlines for today: Forecasters change their predictions about when the Mississippi River will crest, How the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on unions affects the Midwest, and the Iowa Supreme Court has a new opening to fill this fall. Forecast for today: Sunny and 87.

Headlines for today: The Mississippi River will go higher than expected this weekend, Burlington opens a new addiction treatment center, and a Dubuque wastewater treatment plant finds a new use for its excess methane. Forecast for today: Partly sunny, high near 82.

Today's headlines: Officials plan a $3 million restoration of Davenport lakes, Hero Street makes its case to be feaatured on a U.S. postage stamp, and two people are killed in a plane crash in Monmouth. Forecast for today: Showers likely. Partly cloudy with a high near 82.

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