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Grow Quad Cities will be a parallel organization to the Chamber, with a sole mission of seeking out and continuing economic development for the region.

Will you be stopping this summer? Thousands of other people will be, including for the Walcott Trucker’s Jamboree later this week.

Target announced it will stop accepting personal checks at its stores starting July 15th due to extremely low volumes of check payments. Target will still accept checks for payments through its current Target Circle sales week until Saturday. After that date, it will accept other forms of payment like cash, cards, digital wallets, EBT, and buy now pay later options. Checks can still be mailed in for Target Circle Card payments.

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Meteorologist Sean Sublette talks with Jordan McLeod from the University of South Alabama on the impact of urban areas on thunderstorms — genesis, rainfall amounts, and if storms splits as it approaches a city.

Movie critic Bruce Miller says “The Blue Angels” documentary shows us what it’s like to be the best of the best. For fans of air shows, it’s a great “rest of the story” production.

Supreme Court upholds ban on firearms for domestic violence offenders

Of the 277 applicants involved, nearly 200 were Black applicants for production positions in Waterloo and 55 were applicants for warehouse positions in Milan.

Places to Score Great Deals , for National Doughnut Day This Year. CNBC reports that National Doughnut Day was created in 1938 by the Salvation Army. CNBC reports that National Doughnut Day was created in 1938 by the Salvation Army. The day was meant to honor their “Donut Lassies,” women who volunteered to care for wounded soldiers. They’d attempt to boost the morale of troops by making doughnuts. Since then, every year, National Doughnut Day is celebrated on the first Friday of June. This year,…

When Bob Ross died of complications from cancer in 1995, he had completed about half of the paintings he planned to teach from in the season 32 of “The Joy of Painting.” In a new series “The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season,” a certified Bob Ross instructor recreates those works using Ross’ techniques.