Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Announces 2026 Stops In Iowa

A staple of the holidays is headed back to the QCA!

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train has released their U.S. schedule for the holidays this year and the train will come around to the QCA again!

The train is headed out for it's 28th season with musical guests, donations to local food banks, and of course plenty of lights!

This year, the Iowa stops will feature music from Magic! and MARIS. Here are the dates and times of the Holiday Train's Iowa stops this year:

Clinton

Nov. 24 (3:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.)
Main Ave. & Grant St.

Davenport

Nov. 24 (6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.)
Modern Woodman parking lot (corner of Gaines & W. River Drive)

Muscatine

Nov. 24 (7:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m.)
River Side Park (Chestnut St & Harbor Drive)

Ottumwa

Nov. 25 (10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)
3867 Wildwood Drive

On Nov. 23rd, the Holiday Train will be in Franklin Park, Illinois before heading to Byron on Nov. 24th. If you can't make any of those dates, the Holiday Train will make multiple stops across Wisconsin from Dec. 8th-Dec. 10th.

Falling just 3 days after the Festival of Trees parade, the Holiday Train will be a great way to usher in the holiday season right around Thanksgiving!

Since the CPKC Holiday Train started in 1999, they have raised over $26 million and have collected about 5.4 million pounds of food for food banks in both the U.S. and Canada. The Holiday Train's schedule runs for about a month, going from Nov. 19th-Dec. 20th.

You can see the full schedule for the Holiday Train this year on their website.

2026–27 Quad City Storm Promo Schedule

Quad City Storm Hockey is BACK!

From Opening Night and the Teddy Bear Toss to Star Wars Night, Hockey Fights Cancer, Pucks & Paws, and Fan Appreciation Weekend, this season is packed with exciting themes, big moments, and plenty of reasons to get loud. Grab your friends, bring the family, and get ready to make some noise for Storm hockey!

Here are the theme nights for the 30 Home Games of QC Storm Hockey in the year 2026/27. You can catch a Storm game at the Vibrant Arena in Moline, Illinois.

Four Chains That Don't Use Real Pumpkin in Their Pumpkin Spice Lattes

We've entered pumpkin spice season, which makes summer-lovers cringe . . . while fall-lovers are trying to pretend they don't have the A.C. on, while they get out their pinecone- and pumpkin-themed decorations.

Here's a question for pumpkin spice latte aficionados: Do you care if your PSL contains ACTUAL pumpkin . . . or are you fine with whatever ingredients are in that delicious, mysterious pumpkin spice syrup?

TheTakout.com has a list of FOUR chains that DON'T use real pumpkin in their PSLs. They are:

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