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Marcia Lense

News Anchor in the Quad Cities and mother of 3 girls. Both jobs keep me busy and happy!

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  • 2 weeks ago | kwqc.com | Marcia Lense

    DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Journavx to treat short-term pain. It’s a new class of non-opioid pain medication for treating adults and the first approved in over 20 years. Dr. Bill Langley explains how it works, side effects, and how it’s different from other pain meds. Copyright 2025 KWQC. All rights reserved.

  • 2 weeks ago | kwqc.com | Marcia Lense

    DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - As the weather warms up, more people will be out on public sidewalks and bike trails with their pets. These narrow paths can lead to the potential for violent encounters between animals and also pose a threat to humans. Patti McRae, Executive Director with the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, says there are some things you can do to protect yourself and your pet. First, she says carry a whistle. The sound can distract an animal during an attack.

  • 3 weeks ago | kwqc.com | Marcia Lense

    Your PrivacyWhen you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

  • 4 weeks ago | kwqc.com | Marcia Lense

    GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) - Hundreds of people flock to the city of Geneseo for their annual Christmas Walk featuring living windows and traditions from the Victorian era. The event stems from when the town was founded in the late 1830s. A group of Congregational Christians broke away from their home church in Genesee County, New York to settle here. Angie Snook is the retired curator of the Geneseo Historical Museum.

  • 1 month ago | kwqc.com | Marcia Lense

    DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - April is Sports Eye Safety Month. The American Academy of Ophthalmology urges every household to have at least one pair of ANSI-approved protective eyewear. ANSI-approved means the protective eyewear is made to meet safety standards of the American National Standards Institute. Typically, basketball results in the most injuries, but pickleball is seeing more eye injuries as the sport grows more popular. Copyright 2025 KWQC. All rights reserved.

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Marcia Lense
Marcia Lense @KWQCMarcia
26 Nov 21

It now has a name: Omicron https://t.co/Hl5tm8OqIb

Marcia Lense
Marcia Lense @KWQCMarcia
11 Nov 21

UPDATE: It started in June, 2017 and the waiting is almost over. We asked the DOT when the new I-74 Bridge will be fully open to traffic and we were told, "We’ll be making an announcement with more info. soon! Likely next week." https://t.co/Z3mSLiYYIC

Marcia Lense
Marcia Lense @KWQCMarcia
29 Oct 21

This is so exciting! Have you ever seen the northern lights? Not me. https://t.co/zbTwKNDyJ0 https://t.co/zbTwKNDyJ0