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  • News Colona fire 4-29-13 Photo shared with WQAD by Debbi Corlew

    Photos: Fire destroys garage and damages homes in Colona neighborhood

    Fire destroyed a garage and damaged three other structures as it burned in Colona, Illinois.

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    People Prepare For Flood As Dike Breaks

    Water rushing onto roads and farm fields as the Green River Dike in Geneseo, IL broke, causing people rushing to…

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    Smoke detector helps Coal Valley woman escape fire

    The Coal Valley fire chief credits a working smoke detector for helping a woman escape fire that destroyed her home.

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    Local riders among those hurt in snowmobile crashes

    Illinois officials say they worked more than a half-dozen serious snowmobile wrecks, including one fatality in Rock Island County, in February.

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    Pay It Forward: Quad City Volunteer Helps Haitian People

    Quad City volunteer heading to Haiti gets $300 in Ascentra Credit Union/ News 8′s “Pay It Forward” program

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    Colona man killed when snowmobile overturns

    A Colona, Illinois man died after the snowmobile he was driving overturned and landed on top of him.

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    Tennant Truck Lines adds 67 jobs

    Illinois Governor Pat Quinn visited Colona, Illinois to help announce more jobs at Tennant Truck Lines. In August of 2012,…

  • News Colona house fire 1-24-13 (WQAD Photo)

    Photos: Fire damages house in Colona

    Firefighters again battled bitter cold to fight a local fire – this time in Colona, Illinois.

  • News / Weather power outage

    Animal caused hundreds to lose power on frigid morning

    Hundreds of residents in and near Carbon Cliff and Silvis, Illinois lost power as temperatures hovered near zero Monday morning, January 21, 2013.

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    Thousands lose electricity in Rock Island and Henry counties

    More than 4,700 MidAmerican Energy customers in eastern Rock Island and northwestern Henry counties lost electricity Thursday morning, January 10, 2013.

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    Police: Clerk and store sold alcohol to minor – again

    For the second time in less than a month, a Colona woman was arrested for allegedly selling alcohol to a minor.

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    Area businesses busted by alcohol enforcement agents

    Employees at three area businesses are accused of selling alcoholic beverages to a minor.