WWII-era nurse treated polio while working on Arsenal Island - Quad City Times
WWII-era nurse treated polio while working on Arsenal Island Quad City Times Have a story about your own or your family's connection to the Rock Island Arsenal? Email it to ArsenalStories@gmail.com. If you have a related photo, attach it in jpg format. Be sure to include your name, city and daytime phone number.
Schilling launches bid for re-election - Quad City Times
Schilling launches bid for re-election Quad City Times In a show “that freshmen can get work done,” he touted his role in bipartisan efforts that landed three key provisions in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that will help spur job creation at the Rock Island Arsenal.
Munson: In the name of progress, city to lose a landmark - its scrap yard - DesMoinesRegister.com
Munson: In the name of progress, city to lose a landmark - its scrap yard DesMoinesRegister.com Gene drove a truck for Rock Island Motor Transit, but on the side hauled wrecks to Fort Des Moines, where he would set them ablaze and, once the metal was softened, hack them apart with an ax for salvage. “Not too many 9-year-olds get to burn cars,” ...
First responders prepare for worst - Quad City Times
First responders prepare for worst Quad City Times Thursday's exercise involved members of Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, or MABAS, units 39 and 43, Rock Island County Health Department, Coal Valley police and fire protection districts, Rock Island County Sheriff's Department, Quad-City International ...
Illinois QC Citizen Police Academy: Special Units - cbs4qc.com
Illinois QC Citizen Police Academy: Special Units cbs4qc.com Our own Marissa Pendergrass takes a look at how some of our special law enforcement units work in the Illinois Quad Cities Citizen Police Academy. Special units like the SWAT team and the QC MEG perform other duties outside of their regular officer ...
Homegrown talent dominating Bamboozle - Asbury Park Press
Homegrown talent dominating Bamboozle Asbury Park Press "My parents would rent a shore house on Long Beach Island, my first job was a beach badge checker, which everybody hates. So it's cool to actually play on the beach. I just ran the relay about a month ago that starts in Seaside and ends at Convention ...