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BLACK HAWK COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Trustee Q&A: Secretary Tim Black

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 1, 2018

Trustee Q&A: Secretary Tim Black

UNITYPOINT HEALTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS - QUAD CITIES: Endowment Supporting Pancreatic Cancer Patients gets Funding Boost

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 1, 2018

Endowment Supporting Pancreatic Cancer Patients gets Funding Boost

Former teacher Anderson paid in $37K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $528K in retirement

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 1, 2018

Former teacher Thomas Anderson, who retired in November 2018, saved $37,345 toward a pension over 11 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Q2 real estate sales report: Cordova

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 1, 2018

Median prices rose in Cordova over last year, and are down 27.7 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

Q2 real estate sales report: Port Byron

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 2, 2018

Median prices rose in Port Byron over last year, and are down 10.8 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

School discipline: Which Quad Cities districts reported the most students transferred for disciplinary reasons?

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 3, 2018

Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 and Galva Community Unit School District 224 reported the highest rate of students transferred for disciplinary reasons during the 2016-17 school year in Quad Cities, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Q2 real estate sales report: Taylor Ridge

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 3, 2018

Median prices declined in Taylor Ridge over last year, and are down 62.3 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

School discipline: Which Illinois districts reported the most students transferred for disciplinary reasons?

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 4, 2018

Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 and Galva Community Unit School District 224 were among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of students transferred for disciplinary reasons during the 2016-17 school year, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Q2 real estate sales report: Rapids City

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 4, 2018

Median prices rose in Rapids City over last year, and are up 54.3 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

Geneseo, other Illinois municipalities face tax hikes to fund pensions, IPI reports

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 4, 2018

The City of Geneseo is not the only municipality to steeply hike it's property tax to meet its law enforcement pension crisis, and more cities face the same stark choice, a Chicago-based think tank said in a recent report.

At Galva Jr-Sr, 92 percent of students graduate high school; 80 percent go to college

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 4, 2018

About 88 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 92 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Henry County GOP mourns George H.W. Bush

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 4, 2018

A Henry County Republican Party organization offered blessings and memories on the passing of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.

From Prairie State Wire

UIUC ranks among schools with lowest drop in acceptance rates

By Rock Island Today Reports | 1 year ago

One Illinois university made a list of 20 schools that defied recent trends and posted the smallest decreases in student acceptance rates over the past 12 years, according to a new study by BusinessStudent.com.

GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER: Genesis Has The Scoop On Safe Shoveling

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

Genesis Has The Scoop On Safe Shoveling

QUAD CITIES CONVENTION AND VISITORS CENTER: French Moderns at Figge Day Trip to be held December 6

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

French Moderns at Figge Day Trip to be held December 6

UNITYPOINT HEALTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS - QUAD CITIES: Family Care Partners Now Officially Operating with UnityPoint Clinic®

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

Family Care Partners Now Officially Operating with UnityPoint Clinic®

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY QUAD CITIES: WIU Ag Students Win National Competition for Fourth Year in a Row

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

WIU Ag Students Win National Competition for Fourth Year in a Row

FRYXELL GEOLOGY MUSEUM: Quad Cities in top 10 places for millennials

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

Quad Cities in top 10 places for millennials

Q2 real estate sales report: Coal Valley

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

Median prices declined in Coal Valley over last year, and are down 11 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

At Wethersfield Jr/Sr, 94 percent of students graduate high school; 72 percent go to college

By Rock Island Today Reports | Dec 5, 2018

About 85 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 94 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.