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Maaco Opens 16th Location in Illinois
Maaco announced that Bobby Kehagias has opened Maaco’s newest retail center located at 3232 W. Grandville, Waukegan, Ill. Kehagias has had a longtime passion for the automotive industry and has loved being around cars since he was a child. After a 25-year corporate career for a retail company, Kehagias wanted to pivot to a new path that revolves around one of his passions — cars.
QCA cities announce storm cleanup details
UPDATE: More cities are releasing details on their cleanup efforts after Monday night’s storm. Moline Public Works crews will be actively clearing debris from roadways across the city this week. Public Works will conduct a special pickup in residential areas to collect tree limbs and brush related to the storm on July 15th starting Tuesday, […]
Illinois tries to expand automatic voter registration as SAVE Act passes U.S. House
(The Center Square) – Illinois voter integrity groups warn non-citizens that registering to vote in federal elections is a felony. The warning comes after U.S. House Republicans passed the SAVE Act to increase protections. President Joe Biden has vowed to veto the measure if it passes the Senate and reaches his desk. House Republicans passed the SAVE act, which seeks to require proof of citizenship when a voter casts a ballot in a federal election. Currently it is illegal for a non-citizen to vote in...
Derecho smacks Galesburg and surrounding area
The National Weather Service is classifying the storm that smacked Galesburg and the surrounding area on Monday night as a derecho. Derechos are long-lived, straight-line wind storms associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. “There were numerous reports of wind damage in the area. At this point,...
Petersen Health Care sells most of its properties at bankruptcy court auction
A federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware has approved the sale of the vast majority of Peoria-based Petersen Health Care to a company that made what’s termed a “stalking horse” bid, but Galesburg facilities aren’t among them. Court records indicate the sale included nearly 100 different...
Kewanee/Wethersfield Townships Declared Local State of Emergency
The Henry County Office of Emergency Management has declared a local state of emergency for Kewanee and Wethersfield Townships. Residents in these areas who are uninsured or underinsured and do not have the physical ability to clear downed trees from their property, may request assistance from the Henry County Office of Emergency Management. The Henry County OEM has partnered with local non-profit to provide tree cutting services for qualifying residents. “This is an offer for physical assistance, and not a financial benefit.”
Prairie Chicken Arts Festival carries on colorful tradition
The roots of this weekend’s Prairie Chicken Arts Festival go back to the Walldogs who held their annual week-long meet up in Kewanee in the summer of 2013 and painted 15 murals depicting Kewanee history on the sides of downtown buildings. The following year, the local organizers decided to...
Genesius Guild's “Plutus,” July 20 through 28
Returning for their third consecutive blast of season-ending silliness in Rock Island's Lincoln Park, the Haus of Ruckus duo of Tee Green and Calvin Vo will lend their signature wit – and that of Guild founder Don Wooten – to a new version of the Aristophanes comedy Plutus, its July 20 through 28 run treating patrons to, as Green says, “an example of satire written in ancient Greece that still holds up in 2024. Which is a bummer.”
Stock car racing canceled at Rock Island County Fair
Sorry racing fans, but Mother Nature says there’s no stock car racing in East Moline tonight. According to an email from track officials, the race track at the Rock Island County Fairgrounds in East Moline isn’t suitable for safe racing tonight, due to last night’s storm. They made the decision to cancel the race. There […]
Former Shopko Building in Monmouth Back on the Market
Monmouth City Administrator Lew Steinbrecher has been informed by Hy-Vee that they will not be developing a store at the old Shopko building and the property is up for sale with a realtor. Steinbrecher has more:. “I recently had a conversation with the real estate department with Hy-Vee headquarters and...
Second Straight Month For Drug Bust At Main Street Home In Princeton
It may be time to address who owns a home in the heart of Princeton. Officers with Trident and the Princeton Police Department and Bureau County Sheriff's Department executed a warrant Tuesday at a house with the address of 805 North Main Street. Two men and a woman living at that house were arrested for drugs.
‘The damage is extensive.’ Kewanee’s storm fallout in photos
The devastating impact of Monday’s storm on Kewanee residents is widespread, with many residents facing serious financial and consequential effects as a result. Within a few city blocks on the east end of Prospect Street, residents are dealing with entire trees that have fallen onto the roofs of their homes and even downed wires that make returning to their homes unsafe.
New cocktail bar has opened above this popular Peoria restaurant
Revel & Maker opened in Downtown Peoria over the weekend. An Instagram post described the cocktail bar – situated right above Ardor Breads and Provisions – as “a space to escape after the daily drudgery & to celebrate those memorable milestones.”. The space will be open from...
“Memphis to Peoria” runners on their way to Tennessee
PEORIA, Ill. – The St. Jude Peoria runners are headed to Memphis, Tennessee. 20 RVs, filled with 185 runners and support staff, left Peoria Tuesday morning bound for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. WMBD’s own Caleb Kelch is running in his 7th “Memphis to Peoria Run”....
‘It just came on really suddenly, and I heard a thud’: Central Peoria home slammed by storm
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — For Susan Borcherding, Monday night’s storm came all of the sudden. The central Peoria woman was in her home on West Marleen Avenue, which is across University Street from the Metro Center, when she heard the tornado sirens go off. “It was a little...
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