Re QuadCitiesBusiness re LandJet will host a pop-up special event 01/07 in City of Bettendorf Iowa for entrepreneurs to learn more about the comp’s franchise opportunities. When will we ever get to see franchise flash-mobs? Probably never #FranchiseFlashMobs Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

. . .#WinniesPlace/Churches United QCA, & Kindness Wins/Madison Keys/Quad Cities Community Foundation. After spending 2025 tying up legal ends, NG has formally dissolved its operations. Great way to ring in 2026, huh? Lead story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Nina Baker/Quad-City Times re New Ground Theatre Company at Iowa Colony HS was founded in 2002 & put on original shows at the #VillageTheatre in @CityofDavenport. When NG sold the building, which has stood for 125 years, in late 2024, they donated the proceeds to Clock, Inc: LGBT+ Community Center, MidwestWritingCenter,. . .

Linda Linda Cook, reporter, film critic. re AHP has recognized #UnityPointHealth among the top 25% of health-care orgs nationwide, & bestowed upon it the status of #2024HighPerformer for having given during FY2024 UnityPoint Health - Quad Cities UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

. . .$9.49B and counties nearly $1.44B. For #RICO, it means it lost nearly $15M. Let that soak in awhile. . . Lead story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Patrick Andriesen (Patrick Andriesen)/@IllinoisPolicy re his org’s analysis of #Illinois lawmakers’ decisions to reduce local govts’ share of net income-tax collections. Since 2012, the rates went from 10% to less than 7%. On the whole, municipalities lost over. . .

. . .tent-goers to take it on the arches. Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Eric Olsen (Eric Olsen) & Joel Kellar (Joel Kellar)/Our QC News on Local 4 WHBF re the City of Rock Island branch of Project NOW (Project:NOW) saw homeless folks setting up tents outside it. The Rock Island Police responded to a stabbing w/n the tents on New Years. Early 01/02, the PD ordered. . .

Matt Christensen (Matt Christensen)/@KWQCNews covered a speech made by Jason Gordon, the Mayor-elect of @CityofDavenport, that, frankly, gave us a frisson of excitement, not unlike Al Pacino’s portrayal of Jimmy Hoffa in “The Irishman.” Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Gavin Waidelich/Our QC News on Local 4 WHBF re Music Inc. Magazine cited West Music as 2025 Music Retailer of the Year. Check out MIM’s December issue for more details. Rock on, @RyanWestMusic! Shine on, you crazy diamond. Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Mikaela Schlueter (mikaela schlueter (she/her))/@WQAD re Greg Hipskind, a 30-year veteran of the QC music scene, & the owner/dir/head drum instructor of/at the @QCRockAcademy in @CityofDavenport, died unexpectedly recently, age 49 iowarocknroll Lead story @ QCAToday.com. . .

. . .dependent population ghetto,” & Barnes maintains they are an unnecessary barrier to sheltering the homeless pop against sub-zero temps. Whose position will prevail? Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Re Tom Loewy/Quad-City Times re City of Rock Island Alders Linda Barnes & Dylan Parker (Ald. Dylan Parker 🌹) appear at odds on the issue of downtown ordinances. Parker says he supports the #SocialServicesLicensing Ordinance as way of keeping the area from becoming “a service-. . .

Re QuadCitiesBusiness re Delta Air Lines has added a 3rd non-stop flight route from @QCAirport in City of Moline, IL to City of Atlanta, GA. The hub addition will début 04/20 w its first flight The FAA ✈️ Quad Cities Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Molly Ashford (molly ashford)/Harvest Public Media re unless Congress intervenes on the matter, the hemp industry & a myriad of businesses will be scheduled out of existence Brett Mayo Texas Hemp Business Council Sweetwater Hemp Company Jonathan Miller US Hemp Roundtable WVIK, Quad Cities NPR Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Re Alec/@WQAD re Quad Cities Community Foundation has announced $315K of its #QCRiverConnections Grants would go to @TapestryFarmsQC, Spring Forward QCA, & 4-H Education Foundation, among those NFPs who’ve retained their X accounts GreatNonprofits Lead story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Sarah Watson (Sarah Watson)/Quad-City Times re Conor Flaherty & Scott Naumann were sworn in 01/05 as 2nd- & 4th-Ward Alders, respectively, at City of Bettendorf Iowa City Hall, while Alder-@-Large Lisa Brown renewed her vows for another term Scott Naumann Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Re Shelby Kluver WQAD/@WQAD re DeAnne Bloomberg (DeAnne Bloomberg) has been an ever-present force w Illinois Farm Bureau for the last 35 years. Mind-boggling, isn’t it? Well, she’s retiring, so that should un-boggle it. Felicitations, Bloomberg! Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Cami Koons (Cami Koons)/Iowa Capital Dispatch re in response to a American Gaming Association Asc report, & ahead of #Iowa’s legislative session 01/26, the Dept of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing filed legislation against unlicensed gambling sites Legislative Services Story @ QCAToday.com. . .

Re QuadCitiesBusiness re the GSEIWI kicked off its new cookie season 01/06. CEO Diane Nelson (Diane Nelson) says their fundraising push allows its members to acquire experience from interacting w their customers. And then there are the cookies. Story @ QCAToday.com. . .