News headlines for the morning of December 15, 2017:
- Ski season in the Quad Cities starts this weekend.
- A sports complex under construction in Bettendorf has announced a naming rights agreement.
- Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin still does not like what he sees of the Republican tax plan.
- Hundreds of Muscatine residents who settled lawsuits against a local polluter will be given the chance to void their settlements and rejoin a class-action lawsuit.
- In basketball, the annual Iowa-Illinois Shootout will be held Saturday at Augustana College, featuring 14 high school boys basketball teams from both states.