USW Local 105 members will vote June 1st on a new contract with Arconic...Early voting begins today for IA's June 7 primaries...IL DCFS child placement problems continue...The QC River Bandits and Peoria Chiefs are "out for blood"...A rainy morning...then some sun and 80...

Iowa's school mask mandate ban can go ahead...Agencies are inspecting local creeks to improve flood maps...Illinois shores up reproductive health care and family planning...Governor Reynolds is set to sign Iowa's E15 bill...Augustana will play Aurora University in the NCAA D3 tournament Friday...More rain is in the forecast...

Steelworkers authorize a strike if negotiations with Arconic don't bear fruit...An audit points out problems with Illinois' child welfare agency...Augustana advances in the CCIW Baseball tournament...Rain is coming...but will we see another record hot temperature first?

COVID Cases are UP in the QCA and Dubuque...The Illinois Supreme Court appoints its first Black woman justice...Deere and Busch team up to help farmers...A Heat Advisory will be in effect today for head index reading to 100...

What do you think about a new I-80 bridge?Union workers at Arconic take a strike vote tomorrow...IA seeks to raise awareness of children's mental health issues...A progress report on the Rock Island library/YMCA...We set a May 10 record at 93 yesterday!

A mini-job fair in Rock Island...A veterans park in Davenport...An IL candidate for governor dodges questions about Roe v. Wade...Macomb celebrates acquisition of a Monopoly artifact...It feels like summer!

Illinois' credit rating gets another bump...Iowa's governor wants the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade...The Illinois-based AMA wants the opposite...Illinois democrats want to hold a first-in-the-nation primary...85 today...90 tomorrow!

- bird flu is killing wild birds too,- who might be to blame for a COVID outbreak at an Illinois veterans home,- and another Iowan pleads guilty for January 6.

- more COVID cases but our infection level is "low,"- a proposed "vertiport" for Rock Island,- and the River Bandits look forward to a once-in-a-lifetime game.

- reaction to a possible Supreme Court decision,- a change of command on Arsenal Island,- and Chicago bids for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. It should be partly cloudy today, with a high near 61.