Members of the Moline Police department and Illinois State Police Crime Scene use a backhoe digging in the back yard at 611 8th street in Colona Tuesday after a search warrant executed in Colona in ...

Mastering the backhoe-loader is a big job because it is really two machines in one. A good operator can improve productivity by employing many of the same principles that make excavators and wheel ...

Ray Eddleman crossed his fingers Tuesday as he watched a backhoe enter the backyard of a house on 8th Street in Colona. "My toes are crossed, too," he said. "And everything else I have is crossed.