http://www.qcanews.com/ News and views from both sides of the river en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss QCANews.com RSS Generator brad@musatcha.com (Brad Isbell) brad@musatcha.com (Brad Isbell) 15   http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47681 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:25:02 -0400 Good Monday morning, Quad-Cities. You’re waking up to 67 degrees and fair skies. For the start of the Labor Day holiday you will see showers and thunderstorms moving out of the region before 7 a.m. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47680 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:25:02 -0400 A hot and soggy summer might have put an end to any expectations for great corn yields in the bistate region this year. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47679 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:25:03 -0400 A huge thank you to the Good Lord, Mother Nature, Lady Luck, fate, karma and anything else that had a hand in making the rain stop and the sun shine, with a couple of exceptions, for the past two week http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47678 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:25:02 -0400 Dennis Williams, the Rock Island native who has risen to prominence in national labor circles, sees both promising signs and obstacles for American unions this Labor Day."I think that people realize more today that you've got to have http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47675 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:25:17 -0400 She's a farm girl at heart, having grown up on her family's dairy farm in DeWitt, Iowa. Now Kristen Veto, of Moline, is the meeting planner for the John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline. There she educates visitors about the http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47676 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:25:17 -0400 Labor Day 2010 comes at what seemingly is a low point for workers and unions.Nationally, unemployment remains high, wages are stagnant and union membership has dropped from 20.1 percent of the labor force in 1983 to 12.3 percent http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47677 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:25:17 -0400 By 11:38 p.m. Sunday about 2,000 MidAmerican customers, including 1,792 in Davenport and 126 in Moline and 171 in East Moline, still were without power after storms swept through the area Sunday night. Those numbers were down from 11 p.m., http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47673 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:55:27 -0400 Fans celebrating after the Iowa Hawkeye game had the party cut short. Police from several cities were out, reminding fans new rules were being enforced and they only had 2 hours to tailgate. "There's http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47672 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:13 -0400 Parts of the Quad-Cities are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 11:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service, Davenport. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47670 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:02 -0400 CLEVELAND - Avillage trustee who has criticized the treasurer's monthly report to the board was better satisfied Thursday.The new format includes dates when checks were written, with Mayor Jim White saying more changes will be coming. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47669 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:55:19 -0400 Davenport’s golden anniversary with its German sister city of Kaiserslautern was a grand slam. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47667 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:25:03 -0400 MORRISON, Ill. - It usually takes a few months for the artwork painted on the streets of downtown Morrison during Paint the Town to be washed away by the rain, which has been known to cause some inter http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47668 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:25:03 -0400 Rousing music splashed over the lawn of New Hope Presbyterian Church on Sunday as area performers participated in the second Battle of the Praise Bands. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47666 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:55:02 -0400 ROCK ISLAND -- It was early afternoon on Sunday, and The District's strip of bars and nightclubs was closed and the hustle and bustle of the city's nightlife was tucked away. The breeze blew sweetly through the usually quiet downtown. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47665 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:55:19 -0400 CLINTON, Iowa — Even in an election year, the main message of Sunday's Labor Day Picnic focused on a traditional topic —jobs. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47663 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:25:02 -0400 Le Claire Park filled with people Saturday evening to honor 6 area men who helped liberate the Holocaust camps in Europe. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47664 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:11:00 -0400 Le Claire Park filled with people Saturday evening to honor 6 area men who helped liberate the Holocaust camps in Europe. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47674 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:11:00 -0400 Enter to win a family makeover through the Bettendorf Hy-Vee and YMCA's Family Makeover challenge.Three families will be chosen to work with Bettendorf Hy-Vee dietitian Stacy Mitchell and the Bettendorf Family YMCA on daily nutrition, physical fitness and http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47661 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:55:18 -0400 Today is Whitey Wistedt's favorite day. Monday is also the day of the week that breaks his heart.Every Monday -- and it used to be twice a week -- Wistedt gets to see his best pal, Rock Island's http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47662 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:55:18 -0400 32 year old Andrew Holdgrafer, who faced charges of Child Endangerment in the death of his adopted son, died Saturday at his home in Maquoketa. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47659 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:34:00 -0400 The theme of the fifth annualTrains, Planes & Automobiles celebration, Sept. 9 to 11 in downtown Geneseo, will be "Salute to Military."It will feature everything from a Stearman fly-in Thursday and Hennepin Canal tours Friday to a car http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47658 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:25:20 -0400 Sterling police are investigating another shooting tonight. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47660 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:18:00 -0400 Today is Monday. Sept. 6, the249th day of 2010. There are 116 days left in the year.1860 -- 150 years ago: The man who was killed by the Railroad train on Wednesday was a German citizen of Moline. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47657 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:25:28 -0400 Labor Day Parade: Learning Comes To Life!9:30 a.m.-noon, Washington Junior High School, 33rd St. And 18th Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 732-2923.Labor Day Parade: Labor, Working Together for a Better Future11 a.m., 15th Ave. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47656 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:25:27 -0400 WAPELLO, Iowa — Plans to develop a composting operation at the Wapello yard waste site might get an unintended boost from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47655 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:25:02 -0400 Good morning, Quad-Cities. You’re waking up to 51 degrees and cloudy skies. Another mild day is in store for the region according to the National Weather Service. We’ll see partly sunny skies toda http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47654 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:25:02 -0400 In the 34 years that James L. Thane was a history professor at Black Hawk College in Moline and the University of Iowa, he had other aspirations. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47652 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:25:02 -0400 Nineteen months ago, Warren Bean, a 51-year-old Navy veteran, lost his job. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47653 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:25:02 -0400 ROCK ISLAND -- Officials at Edison Junior High School have released the fourth-quarter honor roll for the 2009-2010 school year.Straight "A" honor rollEighth grade -- Jessica Jones, Mizam Khaydarov, Citlally Guzman, Erin Munson, Andrew Pearson, Krystin http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47648 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:25:16 -0400 Tom Dittmer says he takes offense at the "factory farm"label that some have attached to Grandview Farms, his confined animal feeding operation in rural Eldridge.At his hog farm on Tuesday, Mr. Dittmer said he is the fourth generation http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47649 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:25:16 -0400 TodayFirst Month Back in School Bash10 a.m.-2 p.m., Farmers Cafe Again, 1706 13th St., Viola. Proceeds go to Sherrard School District and Viola Fire DepartmentRock Island Grand Prix6 a.m.-6 p.m., Great River http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47650 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:25:16 -0400 Today is Sunday, Sept. 5, the248th day of 2010. There are 117 days left in the year.1860 -- 150 years ago: The brave and heroic efforts of Edward Spenser who tied a rope to his body and plunged http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47651 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:25:16 -0400 SPRINGIELD -- Illinois State Supreme Court retention races are usually low-key affairs garnering little attention from interest groups and even less from voters, but this year may be different.Justice Thomas Kilbride, a mild-mannered veteran of the state's high http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47646 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:25:15 -0400 Moline's proposal for a multimodal transportation center is the kind of proposal Amtrak likes to see, and the city isn't alone in wanting to develop one.Galesburg also is going after a federal grant to build such a http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47647 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:25:15 -0400 Galesburg vet tech Lisa Noel's been rescuing and fostering Newfoundlands for more than 10 years. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47671 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0400 “You haven’t had tacos till you’ve had Indian tacos,” the woman said while carrying a stack of plates covered with tacos, ground beef, cheese and fried bread. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47644 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:25:10 -0400 As she waited for the sixth annual Festival of Praise to begin Saturday in LeClaire Park, Donna Sims of Davenport contributed her time by working in the prayer tent. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47642 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:25:09 -0400 While passers-by marvel at the new-look Hotel Blackhawk as its reconstruction hastens toward a December opening, several new businesses are getting eager to get work under way on their operations insi http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47643 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:25:09 -0400 When Dr. Paul Hauck and the rest of the 104th Infantry Division came upon an airport in Nordhausen, Germany, they were shocked to find it was a concentration camp."When we were going through Northern Germany, we discovered a http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47641 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:55:26 -0400 More people are choosing to spend Labor Day weekend in the Quad Cities ths year. AAA reports 91% of travelers this holiday will reach their destinations by car and you can save big bucks by traveling savvy. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47645 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:46:00 -0400 MAQUOKETA, Iowa — A Jackson County man facing a charge stemming from the death of his adopted 4-year-old son died Saturday afternoon, apparently of natural causes, at a home in Maquoketa. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47640 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:25:22 -0400 The Labor Day weekend intertribal Pow Wow at Black Hawk State Historic Site has grown smaller in its 70 years, but the spirit of the celebration remains the same. The colorful regalia, traditional singing and drumming and sense of community http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47639 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:25:18 -0400 The last push for fundraisers is on before the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon kicks off Sunday night. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47638 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:57:00 -0400 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47592 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:38:00 -0400 The East Moline Silvis Soccer Club received a $500 donation and ten equipment bags from Green Chevrolet of East Moline Saturday afternoon, as part of the Chevy Youth Soccer program.Chevy has sponsored youth baseball in the past, but http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47637 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:25:33 -0400 IOWA CITY – Sometimes when U.S. Rep Dave Loebsack does a “Take Your Congressman to Work” day, he actually gets his hands dirty. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47635 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:55:02 -0400 DES MOINES — Gov. Chet Culver said Friday he does not plan to restart the state’s troubled film incentive program for new applicants once the obligations have been met for projects that received i http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47636 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:55:02 -0400 IOWA CITY - Adam Robinson insisted he wasn't trying to make the most of an opportunity. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47634 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:25:02 -0400 THOMSON, Ill. — Joyce M. Livengood, 84, of Rock Island died Saturday from injuries she received in a multi-vehicle crash on Illinois 84 just north of Covell Road. http://qcanews.musatcha.com/redir.php?method=client&articleid=47633 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:25:02 -0400