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    FOLLOW UP: Parents Say Traffic Safety Around School Has Not Improved

    It’s not what’s happening in school, but before and after school that has parents in Moline concerned. News 8′s Angie…

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    Elementary students sell greeting cards to benefit victims of Boston tragedy

    Elementary students made and sold greeting cards to help out the victims of the Boston marathon bombings.

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    Students Grow Into Sustainable Lifestyle

    A group of Monmouth College students have found a way to live healthier life. They’re starting at the roots by skipping the grocery store and growing their own food.

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    High School Students Explore Medical Programs

    Around 50 Quad City high school students got the chance to spend the day in health care professionals’ shoes. Black…

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    Iowa law would require vision screening for kindergarten and 3rd grade students

    The Iowa house and senate have passed a bill requiring vision testing for children before they start kindergarten and again as they approach third grade.

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    Monmouth Offers MAP Replacement Grant for Students

    The Illinois Monetary Award Program or better known as the MAP grant helps several Illinois students financially every year with…

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    Area Students Get Hands On with 3-D Printer

    They’re the wave of the future, printers that print, not on paper, but in 3D and for students at one…

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    Familes Cope with Teachers Strike

    While teachers are out of the classroom, so are students, leaving parents figuring out where to take their kids while…

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    Monmouth’s New Science and Business Center Attracts More Students

    A brand new science and business center at Monmouth College is causing a lot of excitement on campus. The building…

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    New Changes to be Made to the ISAT Test

    Making the grade just got a little more difficult. The Illinois Student Achievement Test, better known as the ISAT, will…

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    Quad City Trade School Helps Students Prepare for Life After High School

    Some Quad Cities high school students are getting hands on experience in what could be their future careers. UT Area…

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    Students Call to Space to Speak to Astronauts

    Some students got an experience that’s out of this world. Putnam Museum was awarded the honor of being one of…