Image of Jumer's Casino Rock Island in Rock Island, Illinois

MOLINE -- The Moline City Council on Tuesday will consider an ordinance creating a utility tax that would rise from 1 percent in 2010 to 5 percent in 2012. The revenue, an estimated $3.2 million per year when the tax is fully in force, would be ...

Light Up LeClaire, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., downtown. Giveaways, refreshments. Also Friday. (563) 289-4242, ext. 1038. "Indonesia Under Water," Marilyn Hoover, 1:30 p.m., Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport. (563) 324-1933. "Chamber 515: Taste of the ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- With the year’s biggest race on the horizon, Tony Kart East is pleased to announce a four kart team that will compete at the 2009 Superkarts! USA (SKUSA) SuperNationals. With the event taking place from November 18 – 22 at ...

Wacaser was arrested at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Wal-Mart in Litchfield after having been tracked to a casino in Davenport, Iowa, and to Rock Island and Pekin. No weapon was displayed during the Decatur robbery, where witnesses told police the man ...

PEORIA – A once-popular basketball talent analyst with a history of robbery and theft has been indicted by a federal grand jury for bank robbery again. Stephen D. Wacaser, 57, no address available, was indicted Wednesday for the Oct. 19 robbery of ...

Front and back bar with original matching liquor cabinet by Brunswick, Balke & Collender Co., sold for a record $302,500, a top lot in the sale. Ann Arbor, Mich. :A monumental mahogany front and back bar made around 1893 by Brunswick, Balke ...

Twenty vocal and instrumental music students from four Des Moines high schools were selected to participate in the All-State Music Festival today through Saturday in Ames. Thousands of students statewide auditioned on Oct. 24 and fewer than 1 percent ...