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  • News

    Rock Island to pay $160,000 for missing Walmart deadline

    Rock Island City Manager Thomas Thomas now has to explain why the city missed a deadline payment to buy a…

  • Politics

    Rock Island Voters to Determine Next Mayor

    Voters in the city of Rock Island will decide their next mayor Tuesday. As previously reported, three different candidates are…

  • News / Politics

    Race for Rock Island mayor heats up

    The three-way race for mayor of Rock Island is heating up, especially over business issues.

  • News

    Small Business Builds With New Wal-Mart Coming

    Some new business owners decided to make the most of the new Wal-Mart coming to Rock Island.

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    Rock Island could give Black Hawk College $1.8 million to move

    The Rock Island City Council will vote to buy Black Hawk College’s Adult Learning Center Monday night. The Adult Learning…

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    Walmart to hire 100,000 veterans nationwide

    Walmart officials said Tuesday the company will hire 100,000 veterans nationwide.

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    Charity snubs Wal-mart donation

    An Arizona charity may have come out ahead by turning down a gift from the nation’s largest retailer — a snub that renewed interest in the labor practices of big business.

  • News

    What happens to Chief Black Hawk when Walmart moves in?

    Residents wonder what will happen to the Chief Blackhawk statue when the new Walmart moves into Rock Island’s Watchtower Plaza.

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    Store employees help bust alleged shoplifter

    Police said a man dropped the shoplifted items and ran when he was caught stealing from a local Walmart.

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    No charges in Thanksgiving shopping scuffle at Walmart

    Saying it comes with the Black Friday territory, Moline Police say no charges will be filed in an early bird shopping scuffle at the Moline Walmart Thanksgiving night.

  • News / Viral Video

    Black Friday brawl in Moline Wal-Mart

    Things briefly got heated late Thanksgiving night in the Wal-Mart on John Deere Road in Moline. Around 10:00 p.m., several…

  • News

    Businesses Prepare For Walmart Development In Rock Island

    After Monday night’s city council announcement that Walmart will be taking over the Watch Tower Plaza in late 2013, businesses…