WIU is back open today…IA Gov. Kim Reynolds calls for an end tothe COVID public health emergency...IL Gov. Pritzker wants to make a dent in the pension deficit…IA Senate Republicans advance a tax plan…It looks like it’ll warm up just a bit over the weekend…

WIU Remains closed today due to the snow in Macomb (more than 14")...COVID numbers in Iowa are down a bit more...Illinois' governor lays out a budget plan...Iowa's governor asks for support for her tax cut plan...Cold weather will continue for the next couple of days...

COID numbers in Iowa are down...An audit looks at how accurately Iowa reported COVID numbers early in the pandemic...Illinois' governor will talk tax relief in tomorrow's budget address...Snow is on the way...2" or so in the QCA...much more to the south and east...

New COVID cases are down a bit in RICO but up in nursing homes...A QC State Senator thinks the death penalty should return for specific cases...RAGBRAI will take a northern route this year...Tractors wars and the history of agriculture...It'll be the Bengals and Rams in the Super Bowl...Some rain and snow is in the forecast for the middle of the week...

Unemployment drops in the QC...Iowa House Republicans release their tax cut plan...A number of Iowa school districts drop mask mandates...The King Center in Rock Island will offer free COVID tests...Chilly today...but a mild weekend is ahead...

It'll be at least a bit warmer today...COVID claims another 11 Scott County residents...Lock 15 undergoes some maintenance...Storing carbon deep underground in Illinois...Madison Keys loses her semifinal at the Australian Open...

Dangerously cold wind chills...Masks are now optional in Davenport schools...Free N95s will be available in Rock Island County next week...Iowa's unemployment rate drops a bit...Illinois wins and takes sole possession of first place in the Big Ten...

A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect until noon tomorrow...COVID hospitalizations in IA are down but the positivity rate remains high...Illinois works on paid time off for teachers impacted by COVID...IA Republicans want to eliminate the state tax on retirement income this year...Lee Enterprises asks shareholders to help fend off a hostile takeover...Madison Keys makes the Australian Open semifinals…

Preparing for future COVID variants, a case dropped against an animal rights activist, and increased fentanyl deaths in Iowa.

Thurgood Brooks enters the race for the Illinois House, the Illinois governor's race campaign finances, and an Iowa bill to allow medical and religious exemptions to school vaccinations.