OREGON (WREX) — Chief Black Hawk, The Eternal Indian, has solemnly stared out over the Rock River since 1911, and for the last several years, he’s been in need of repairs. “It’s an icon of the Midwest ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The Black Hawk sign in Rock Island is no longer standing. Just before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Public Works crews with the City of Rock Island loaded the fallen Black Hawk statue onto ...

OREGON, Ill. — The Eternal Indian, sometimes called the Black Hawk Statue, overlooks the Rock River near Oregon, Illinois. Efforts continue to keep the 48-foot sculpture in good shape. The sculpture ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Two years after severe storms toppled over a Rock Island statue, a group continues to fight to restore it. On April 4, 2023, the same day an EF-2 tornado was recorded in Colona, a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On Tuesday evening, a group of Native ...

The iconic Black Hawk Native American statue long associated as a symbol of Rock Island might not be moving to the parking lot of a bank in Milan after all. Council members approved a resolution ...

Rock Island plans to proceed with the donation of a controversial statue depicting Sauk warrior Black Hawk, despite pleas from Native American advocates who say it perpetuates negative stereotypes and ...

Blackhawk Bank & Trust has reversed course on the controversial donation of a statue depicting Sauk warrior Black Hawk from the city of Rock Island that the bank planned to display next to its ...

MILAN, Illinois (KWQC) - As of Monday night, the city of Rock Island has approved the donation of an iconic Quad Cities landmark to Blackhawk Bank and Trust. Now, the Blackhawk statue is on its way to ...

OREGON, Ill. (AP) — Repairs are on hold to the 105-year-old Black Hawk statue overlooking the Rock River in northern Illinois after the contractor hired to fix it bowed out of the project. The ...