Thomson

As part of its riverfront development project, the City Council Monday hired a consulting firm to study the feasibility of creating a railroad “quiet zone.”

Prison responds to request for comment after union representing prison staff calls for warden's ouster.

Union says prison workers have been subject to several hundred incidents.

Prison workers have been subject to several hundred incidents of inmates sexual misconduct, union says.

BEST partners with Federal Bureau of Prisons for Dec. 2 event.

The proposed project is funded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Upper Mississippi River Restoration program and located within the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

An fourth inmate at Thomson federal prison was indicted Tuesday on second-degree murder and assault charges in the Dec. 15, 2021 death of a fellow inmate, U.S. District Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. said in a news release Wednesday.

Some areas near Savanna and Thomson are affected by the restrictions.

Event will be held in Bettendorf, Iowa.

A job fair for those interested in working for Thomson federal prison will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Sterling BEST, Inc. office, 2605 Woodlawn Road.

The union that represents Thomson federal prison workers is calling for the immediate replacement of Warden Thomas Bergami, citing low morale as a result of his leadership.

A $100 non-refundable fee will be charged for each applicant that receives a hunt site.

Two managed deer hunts, one for youth ages 10 through 17 and one for adults with disability ages 18 and older, will be conducted within designated closed areas of Lost Mound.

A Thomson prison inmate is facing a federal murder charge and life in prison in the death of his cellmate, a fellow Navajo who was stabbed repeatedly on Nov. 27, 2020.

Three Illinois Congressional representatives are calling for an immediate investigation into the deaths of seven Thomson federal prison inmates since March 2020, and accusations of “serious abuses” by its staff.