Good morning, Davenport.

Royal Neighbors awarded a $20,000 grant to The Third Place QC to expand support for people experiencing homelessness and help the nonprofit grow outreach and services in the Quad Cities.

RICCA opens the newly renovated Margaret Stutsman Lodge today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to provide safe, supportive housing for women in recovery.

Safety groups warn that with Halloween on Saturday, motorists and families should expect higher risks on neighborhood streets during peak trick-or-treating (5:30 to 9:30 p.m.) as studies show children are more than twice as likely to be struck and alcohol-related crashes increase that night.

RICCA will open the renovated Margaret Stutsman Lodge as a women's recovery home + will host a ribbon-cutting Wednesday in Davenport; the facility will provide safe, supportive housing for women in recovery.

United Way Quad Cities’ fifth Eat, Drink & Be Giving pushed cumulative giving past $1 million when the wine-tasting returned Saturday, Oct.

24 at Crow Valley Golf Club in Davenport, and proceeds will fund Vision to Learn screenings and glasses for local students.

Joseph Goetz will become chief operating officer at Quad Cities International Airport beginning Sunday, overseeing operations, airfield and facilities maintenance, information technology and the airport’s LLC, and he will serve on the executive leadership team (he joined QCIA in 2020).

Smart Hyundai moved into its new dealership at 1911 E.

53rd St. on Monday, Oct. 26; the site is part of a 23-acre Smart Automotive campus in north Davenport that will include standalone Smart Kia and Smart Lexus buildings plus a central vehicle prep facility, with Smart Kia expected to open in December.

Junior Achievement of the Heartland received a $10,000 Workforce Readiness grant from Iowa American Water and the American Water Charitable Foundation to expand financial-literacy and workforce programs at JA Finance Park, which serves about 2,500 students ages 13 to 15 each year across a 24-county region.

The Clean River Advisory Council will host a community cleanup and nature-based solutions event from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

7 at Sylvan Island (meet at 111 1st Ave., Moline) to plant native species, remove invasives, and pick up trash; residents can also complete a six-minute online survey about river priorities.

Beginning Nov. 1, several ramps and eastbound I-80 at the Northeast Mixmaster near U.S. 65 will close nightly for paving work, and drivers should follow posted detours.

The USDA announced a Class I recall of 946 pounds of Imperio beef jerky (original, fuego, limón) packaged January through October and sold in Iowa and six other states after an inspector found products uninspected but labeled with a USDA seal; no illnesses have been reported, and consumers should not eat the product, discard it, and contact a doctor for symptoms.