The M&A announcements are coming fast and furious to round out a very busy 2025. Those were just some of the deals booked this week. Below are more notable ones across the financial advice industry.

In wealth management, the gravitational pull toward RIAs hasn't slowed down. Advisors continue to peel away from wirehouses and brokerage firms in favor of the independence, flexibility and ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — As dangerously low temperatures move into the Quad Cities this weekend, the City of Rock Island and Project NOW are opening an emergency cold-weather shelter at the Martin Luther ...

Struggling to find a specific Ore in The Forge? Whether it's to complete a quest or satiate your burning desire to assemble a mighty new weapon, you need to know how to find the rarest and most ...

A new beginning for an old business in downtown Rock Island is on the horizon. The new owner of the Rock Island Brewing Company (RIBCO), Zachary Edwards, plans to open December 19. Edwards said he ...

Publicly-traded financial services giant SEI has completed the first stage of its investment in Stratos Wealth Holdings ahead of its planned full takeover of the hybrid wealth management firm with ...

RIA dealmakers returned in force after the extended Thanksgiving weekend, with mega-RIA Wealth Enhancement expanding its footprint in Indiana while Sequoia Financial extended its own reach in ...

Creative Planning has acquired registered investment advisor Burt Wealth Advisors, adding $1 billion in assets under management and expanding its footprint in North Bethesda, Md. Burt Wealth was ...

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As classic rock finds new ways to expand in the 21st century, the artists whose careers stretch back half a century or more continue to grow, too. As the list below of the Top 20 Rock Albums of 2025 ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - A man died after a house fire in Rock Island Monday morning. Rock Island County Coroner, Brian Gustafson, identified the man as 94-year-old Richard Newton of Rock Island. He ...

Dastardly December has done it again. Here I was having a nice time with November, joking about the time February tried to explain leap years to August, and the wintry month snuck up in my blindspot.