Aledo, a population of over 3,600, is a city in Mercer County, Illinois, about 160 miles west of Chicago and about 45 minutes south of the Quad Cities. . .
Bettendorf is home to over 39,000 people. The city has great public amenities including a library, Family Museum of Arts and Sciences and Palmer Hills Golf Course . . .
Over 25,000 people live in Clinton, Iowa, upriver from the Quad Cities about 40 miles. Clinton is a small town with big amenities, including Class 1A baseball team . . .