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1 week ago | 
ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich
Rhonda’s House in DeWitt helps those facing mental-health or substance-abuse issues by providing them a free seven-day home away from home. But a new bill has left the organization’s fate uncertain. House File 2673 was signed into law last May. It’s meant to overhaul mental-health and substance-abuse services in Iowa, but the organization says it’s in the dark about how it will affect Rhonda’s House.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich
Rhonda’s House in DeWitt helps those facing mental-health or substance-abuse issues by providing them a free seven-day home away from home. But a new bill has left the organization’s fate uncertain. House File 2673 was signed into law last May. It’s meant to overhaul mental-health and substance-abuse services in Iowa, but the organization says it’s in the dark about how it will affect Rhonda’s House.
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1 week ago | 
ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich
In the D-wing of Moline High School, industrial tech seniors have been working hours each week to prepare for the upcoming Illinois Regional High School Welding Competition at Midwest Technical Institute. On Saturday, they will be given a blueprint, which they will have to weld to the best of their ability.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich
Project NOW is making plans for next winter after the organization’s overflow shelter shuts down. Organizers plan on opening smaller shelters across the Quad Cities. “The way that it works in the Quad Cities is if I’m homeless and say I’m in East Moline, I have to find (my way) either to Rock Island or Davenport,” said Ron Lund, the community service director for Project NOW.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich
Project NOW is making plans for next winter after the organization’s overflow shelter shuts down. Organizers plan on opening smaller shelters across the Quad Cities. “The way that it works in the Quad Cities is if I’m homeless and say I’m in East Moline, I have to find (my way) either to Rock Island or Davenport,” said Ron Lund, the community service director for Project NOW.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourquadcities.com | Linda Cook |Gavin Waidelich
The Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District is getting used to its new weapons-detection system that uses artificial intelligence to detect guns on school cameras. School Resource Officer Jamey Fah (Gavin Waidelich, OurQuadCities.com)The district held an informational session to show other schools what the system is capable of.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich
A student athlete from Rock Falls is paralyzed from the chest down after getting hurt during a track meet. His family now seeks donations to help in his recovery. Dylan Wescott (Kim Kilday)Dylan Wescott is a senior at Rock Falls High School. Like every other year, he was a member of the track team as a triple jumper. But late last month, an injury turned his world upside down: During a warmup before a track meet, Dylan slipped and hit his head.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich
A student athlete from Rock Falls is paralyzed from the chest down after getting hurt during a track meet. His family now seeks donations to help in his recovery. Dylan Wescott (Kim Kilday)Dylan Wescott is a senior at Rock Falls High School. Like every other year, he was a member of the track team as a triple jumper. But late last month, an injury turned his world upside down: During a warmup before a track meet, Dylan slipped and hit his head.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich
Just off of Highway 61, near Maquoketa and tucked away behind the trees, Voy 61 Drive-In Theatre is preparing for its 75th season. ‘Movies Under The Stars’ is the theater’s tag line. (Gavin Waidelich, OurQuadCities.com)“The movie does not start until dark, because you wouldn’t be able to see it until then, so it makes a little bit of a late night, But it’s pretty amazing to watch a movie under the stars while it’s dark outside,” said Sara Clasen, general manager at the theater.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich
Just off of Highway 61, near Maquoketa and tucked away behind the trees, Voy 61 Drive-In Theatre is preparing for its 75th season. ‘Movies Under The Stars’ is the theater’s tag line. (Gavin Waidelich, OurQuadCities.com)“The movie does not start until dark, because you wouldn’t be able to see it until then, so it makes a little bit of a late night, But it’s pretty amazing to watch a movie under the stars while it’s dark outside,” said Sara Clasen, general manager at the theater.
