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WVIK News Director Herb Trix holds the IBNA awards.

Newsroom Honored for Excellence

The Iowa Broadcast News Association recently handed out its awards for excellence in 2010, and WVIK News brought home three of them.

News Director, Herb Trix, won first place in the "Feature" category in the Large Market Radio division for his WVIK News Focus about Daytrotter, a music website based in the Quad Cities as it marked the 10 millionth download from the hundreds of performers it's recorded." LISTEN

News Editor, Michelle O'Neill, won first place in the "Best Use of Sound" category in the Large Market Radio division for her story about Guitar Lessons for students at an alternative high school in Rock Island. LISTEN

O'Neill also won second place in the "Feature" category in the Large Market Radio division for her story on the John Deere Art Collection at the Figge Art Museum. LISTEN

Deere Art at the Figge

The Quad Cities is well-known as the home of John Deere, but what's not well-known is that it's also the home of the company's extensive art collection. That could change starting this weekend, when the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa opens its new exhibit, "Global Currents: The John Deere Art Collection."

April 22, 2010 – LISTEN

Quad City Development Group History

Over the last 50 years, the Quad City Development Group unified the community and strengthened the local economy. That's according to two past presidents of the organization. This month, it was replaced by a new organization called, "Quad Cities First," and the Illinois and Iowa Quad City chambers of commerce. In the first of a two-part series, Michelle O'Neill talks with former President, Dick Weeks, about the development group's role in the 1960s, '70s, and early '80s.

September 29, 2009 – LISTEN

After the farm crisis of the 1980s hit the country, the Quad City Development Group started exploring ways to diversify the local economy. That work and many other responsibilities now belong to the Illinois and Iowa Quad City chambers of commerce, and a new organization called, "Quad Cities First." In the second part of our series on the history of the development group, Michelle O'Neill talks with former President, John Gardner.

September 30, 2009 – LISTEN

Rock Island's Hydro Power Plant

Being "green" in Rock Island means some public works employees are learning how to re-build 100 year old equipment, use 25-year-old software and keep track of the Rock River. Michelle O'Neill reports.

June 29, 2009 – LISTEN

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