News Release: 11/4/2025
Over $600,000 in Community Foundation scholarships available QUAD CITIES, Iowa / Illinois—Applications for Quad Cities Community Foundation scholarships are now open for 2026. Thanks to generous donors, local students can apply for more than 70 scholarship opportunities totaling over $600,000. Applications are due by February 15, 2026, with recipients announced in May. Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. “Education can transform a student’s path, and, in turn, the future of our
100 Years of Collecting at the Figge Art Museum
100 Years of Collecting at the Figge Art MuseumDavenport, Iowa (September 9, 2025) – For 100 years, collectors and donors have helped shape the Figge Art Museum’s collection, turning it into a cultural hub for the Quad Cities and beyond. Beginning September 13, the Figge presents 100 Years of Collecting, an exhibition celebrating the gifts that have made the museum what it is today. The Figge’s story started in 1925, when former Davenport mayor Charles August Ficke donated 334 works of art to create the
ORION BANCORPORATION, INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK
ORION, Ill. – Orion Bancorporation, Inc., the parent company of BankORION, announced they have completed their acquisition of Bridge Community Bank. Under Orion Bancorporation, Inc., BankORION and Bridge Community Bank both continue to operate as two separate independent community banks. The transaction has brought together two community banks with a combined 257 years of servicing customers in six counties across two states. The two community banks have total assets of approximately $800
