Gavin Waidelich

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Multimedia Journalist at WHBF-TV (Rock Island,IL)

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Evanescent Field to light up Figge Art Museum

2 days ago | ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich |Brian Weckerly

by: Gavin Waidelich, Brian Weckerly Posted: May 12, 2025 / 06:28 PM CDT Updated: May 12, 2025 / 06:28 PM CDT A new attraction to the Figge Art Museum will make the building itself glow as art as a series of lights make the piece ever-changing. Evanescent Field (Leo Villareal)Our Quad Cities News reporter Gavin Waidelich takes us to the Figge for a look at Evanescent Field.
Yellow Brick Road program brings business assistance to Mercer County

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich

Mercer County’s Yellow Brick Road program is a one-stop shop for any need-to-knows and resources for entrepreneurs. “It’s really an all encompassing space to meet people where their needs might be and then supporting them in that journey of opening up or expanding,” said Lindsey Dunn, the Director Aledo Main Street. Aledo Main Street, Mercer County Better Together and Visit Merco teamed up to provide listingsof all available regional services for 13 cities in the county.
Yellow Brick Road program brings business assistance to Mercer County

1 week ago | ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich

Mercer County’s Yellow Brick Road program is a one-stop shop for any need-to-knows and resources for entrepreneurs. “It’s really an all encompassing space to meet people where their needs might be and then supporting them in that journey of opening up or expanding,” said Lindsey Dunn, the Director Aledo Main Street. Aledo Main Street, Mercer County Better Together and Visit Merco teamed up to provide listingsof all available regional services for 13 cities in the county.
Patients at Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities ‘shine’ through cancer

1 week ago | ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich

Belinda Hicks was diagnosed with colon cancer almost two years ago. Even with a difficult time during treatment, she hasn’t let it bring her down. Every day she puts on her best makeup and bedazzles herself in bright, shiny gems. “I’m shining through cancer. I’m not letting that word scare me,” Hicks told Our Quad Cities News. “So don’t let me scare you on saying that I got cancer.
Patients at Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities ‘shine’ through cancer

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich

Belinda Hicks was diagnosed with colon cancer almost two years ago. Even with a difficult time during treatment, she hasn’t let it bring her down. Every day she puts on her best makeup and bedazzles herself in bright, shiny gems. “I’m shining through cancer. I’m not letting that word scare me,” Hicks told Our Quad Cities News. “So don’t let me scare you on saying that I got cancer.
Soldiers reunite 50 years later in Wapello on former drill sergeant’s birthday

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich

Lee Eutsler trained more than 800 recruits in his time as a drill sergeant back in the 1970s. With 50 years passing this spring, members of a platoon he trained visited him this week in Wapello for his birthday to pay their respects. They found each other online, having lost contact when Eutsler started going by his middle name.
Soldiers reunite 50 years later in Wapello on former drill sergeant’s birthday

2 weeks ago | ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich

Lee Eutsler trained more than 800 recruits in his time as a drill sergeant back in the 1970s. With 50 years passing this spring, members of a platoon he trained visited him this week in Wapello for his birthday to pay their respects. They found each other online, having lost contact when Eutsler started going by his middle name.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport, holds special Mass for Pope Francis

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Gavin Waidelich

Catholics from around the Quad Cities showed up in Davenport on Monday to pay tribute to Pope Francis when Sacred Heart Cathedral celebrated Mass in his honor. It is one of many congregations holding a special memorial Mas to remember Pope Francis. (Gavin Waidelich, OurQuadCities.com)“You go into any Catholic church you’ll see, usually, a picture with the Holy Father, as well as usually a church in black bunting,” said Davenport Diocese Bishop Dennis Walsh.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport, holds special Mass for Pope Francis

2 weeks ago | ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich

Catholics from around the Quad Cities showed up in Davenport on Monday to pay tribute to Pope Francis when Sacred Heart Cathedral celebrated Mass in his honor. It is one of many congregations holding a special memorial Mas to remember Pope Francis. (Gavin Waidelich, OurQuadCities.com)“You go into any Catholic church you’ll see, usually, a picture with the Holy Father, as well as usually a church in black bunting,” said Davenport Diocese Bishop Dennis Walsh.
History comes alive for QCA students through Holocaust survivor

2 weeks ago | ourquadcities.com | Gavin Waidelich |Brian Weckerly

by: Gavin Waidelich, Brian Weckerly Posted: Apr 24, 2025 / 06:51 PM CDT Updated: Apr 24, 2025 / 06:51 PM CDT Sixth graders learning about the Holocaust at Forest Grove Elementary School in Bettendorf had history come alive as a survivor met with the students and shared his experience.