Claire Crippen
Content Producer
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Claire is a 2020 graduate of Illinois State University. With her B.S. in Mass Media, she has always had a passion for the newsroom. At TV6, she is a Content Producer for Paula Sands Live and Quad Cities Live.
A native of Sherrard, she grew up watching KWQC and is eager to work with the TV6 team!
Claire enjoys the TV show Friends, spending time with her cats, and taking naps on rainy days.
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Nina demonstrates what Immersion blenders have to offer with them being convenient hand-held appliances that don’t take up extra space in your kitchen. This blender is compact and portable allowing you to use it around the kitchen as needed.
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Resilience Expert, Komal Minhas, explains how to manage a more healthy work-life balance and creating better boundaries at work and in relationships.
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Alison Beardsley from Unity Point shares the reason behind Unity Point offering these no-cost breast cancer screenings. Funded by Riverboat Development Authority and Trinity Health Foundation, Unity Point is offering mammograms without doctors referral or order.
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Chuck McClenning’s original designs are catching huge attention and are now being mass produced. Being sold to stores all over the United States and some overseas, this New London, Iowa artist is now an Independent Licensed Designer for a company in Ohio.
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Fern Schumer Chapman shares her experience of sibling estrangement through her book - Brothers, Sisters, Strangers. Roughly 65 million Americans suffer from sibling estrangement, one of the most painful life experiences.
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Elizabeth Lonning from Psychology Health Group explains what the feeling of ‘burnout’ is and what the main causes are. Burnout comes from extreme exhaustion caused by any environment where repetitive motions or actions are performed.
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For one looking to work in film or television, become the next YouTube or TikTok star or just think making movies is interesting, Fresh Films - a local film program for teens (7th-12th grade) - is worth looking into. This program is free with no experience required.
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Code Ninjas recently opened their doors this week in Davenport. They are a learning center that provides children aged 6 - 14 instruction and guidance through learning what coding is and how to create a video game or an app from their knowledge of coding.
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Chores don’t sound so bad when you get an allowance after completing them, and visually keep track of what you have earned. With this Arizona native’s creativity, he has created an application for kids to earn money and see their allowance add up.
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Bailey Carson, a Home Care Expert from Angi (formally The Angie’s List Report), gives the inside scoop on what you can handle in DIY projects and what you should leave to the experts.
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Chef Monika Sudakov demonstrates changes you can make this new year that will result in creating positive lifestyle shifts, while honoring how amazing food can be!
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Nyliah Sulaimana and her 8-year-old son, Mason have launched Mason and Milo: A Journey Through the Stars on Kickstarter February 16th. Mason and Nyliah and donated 50 boxed sets of their books to the children in the Iowa City Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the goal is to donate more to them, along with other hospitals around the world to ensure the children bravely battling illness will have a better nights sleep while spending a majority of their hours in a hospital.
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Cheers! TV6 partnered with local breweries to obtain an assortment of the best holiday craft beers for Erik and Paula to sample for PSL’s usual “Beer of the Month” segment. Since there is an abundance of choices, Paula Sands Live featured all of the beers within the month of December!
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Hy-Vee Chef Laken Ealy shares a few ideas for New Years Eve celebrations and beyond!
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A desire to decorate for the holidays is coming in full swing with the weather getting colder, and a common tradition in the Quad Cities is to include locally-produced sculptures that so beautifully capture the season from Isabel Bloom.
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This family recipe features a Midwestern twist on a traditional French Buche de Noel. A light chiffon cake is filled with espresso buttercream and decorated using a rich chocolate buttercream with cranberries and rosemary accents. This cake is the ultimate Christmas feast centerpiece!
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Ken Honda, a best-selling author, demonstrates how to improve your own life and the lives of others through holiday giving, no matter your budget. When we learn to accept and give money away freely, with the same positive energy, we open up our access to the “Happy Money” flow.
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Oh So Sweet’s Tiphanie Cannon continues the Season Of Sweetness as she shares her recipe for Gingerbread Cookies!
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K.C. Ross, known as Chef Keys holds many roles: a Law Enforcement Officer, Blogger, and Personal Chef. Her Cook and Cuffs business bloomed within the pandemic last year, when she moved to the Midwest from Queens’, New York after living there her entire life.
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K.C. Ross, known as Chef Keys holds many roles: a Law Enforcement Officer, Blogger, and Personal Chef. Her Cook and Cuffs business bloomed within the pandemic last year, when she moved to the Midwest from Queens’, New York after living there her entire life.
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Kit Bernardi shares her know-how on feeding your wanderlust when hunkered down at home.
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Celebrating 30 years of business, Sue Sagmoen shares what has kept her business going all of these years. She is joined by a new team member, Tiffany Rowden who opened Blissful Branch Boutique in Heartfelt this past January.
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Brett Bowman is a native to the Quad Cities who has recently, within the past year, launched a company made for the gift-giving season!
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Pedro Lua and Judith Mariscal are the owners of D’Lua Fusion Cuisine & Bar, D’Lua Pancake & Burrito House and Old Mexico in the Quad Cities!
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Oh So Sweet’s Tiphanie Cannon is continuing our Season of Sweetness with her own family’s recipes. Tiphanie demonstrates how to create the perfect Rosettes, which her grandmother used to make.
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The 7th Annual Pack-A-Police Car Toy Drive is happening on Saturday, December 4. This toy drive is being held in the Bettendorf City Hall parking lot (1609 State Street) from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Chef Stephanie from Mississippi River Distillery joined Paula to share her favorite holiday recipes!
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Mississippi River Distillery’s Chef Stephanie Goedke demonstrations how to create a main dish that will catch your guests’ attention!
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Pick up a copy of Hy-Vee Seasons magazine this month for more great dietitian questions answered, or reach out to your local dietitian and check out our available nutrition services.
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Taylor Jamison is the face behind ‘Plate Me QC’, a local charcuterie and grazing table business that rooted from the pandemic. Being a mother of three, she decided to take her patience and detail-oriented style to the plate and has created a beautiful business!
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Brittany Berrie shares her new business model that is out of her garage: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙩! She created the idea for this ‘Adopted Closet’ when she and her husband began struggling to pay the expensive legal fees that come with adopting a child.
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Morgan Ottier and Jake Eastburn host Quad Cities Live on Friday afternoons at 3 p.m. to highlight weekend activities in our area. The two of them have so many holiday-happenings for families to enjoy this holiday season!
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Festival of Trees has been happening since November 18, and will conclude on November 28. The festival will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, and will be open from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. the rest of the days. Festival of Trees is the annual fundraiser for Quad City Arts, a local nonprofit arts organization.
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Giving kids and families the impression they are entering Bethlehem. Participants will talk with Mary, Joseph, shepherds and kings! Enter the stable to see animals up close as they keep the stable warm. All are welcome to share the Christmas story with the Asbury United Methodist Church in a new fun and interactive setting.
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The YMCA Turkey Trot takes place live and in-person on Thanksgiving morning at the new Bittner YMCA on East 4th Street in Downtown Davenport. The 200-yard, 400-yard and 1-mile events begin at 8:30 a.m. The 5K and 5-mile events take off at 9 a.m.
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The premiere of Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree is being directed by Max Moline at The Mockingbird on Main from November 26 - December 5. Ben Gougeon is a veteran actor of stage and screen who has recently relocated to the Quad Cities from New York.
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Mary Thormahlen is an Independent Designer for her small business, Cows, Kids & Chaos. Creating DIY home decorations using Chalk Couture products, which uses chalk paste with reusable silkscreen transfers.
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TV6′s Theresa Bryant creates her special dressing for Thanksgiving including almonds and sausage!
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Data from the FTC and FBI says that Iowans alone lost $21 million to online shopping scams last year. The national total was over $4 Billion. Online shopping is the number one scam in both Iowa and Illinois.
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A popular, European style open-air market for winter that celebrates our community’s German heritage is coming to life along the riverfront next weekend! Lorrie Beaman from The Freight House Farmer’s Market and Co-Chair for the event, Steve Ahrens, explain what to expect in this year’s event.
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The YMCA Turkey Trot takes place live and in-person on Thanksgiving morning at the new Bittner YMCA on East 4th Street in Downtown Davenport. The 200-yard, 400-yard and 1-mile events begin at 8:30 a.m. The 5K and 5-mile events take off at 9 a.m.
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Performance Dates: December 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th at 7pmDecember 5th and 12th at 2pm
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The outdoor gardens will be in winter bloom with over 160,000 glowing lights, showcasing our largest light display yet. Explore the Sun Garden, Children’s Garden, lawns, pond and pocket gardens of our outdoor light exhibit. Advanced ticket purchase highly recommended at qcgardens.com.
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Chef Stephanie Godke from Mississippi River Distilling Company shares her favorite holiday side dishes for Thanksgiving!
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Singer Adele stunned her fans recently with her 100-pound weight loss, saying she exercises two or three times a day. But that raised some eyebrows among exercise experts who say that too much exercise can negatively impact the body.
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With roughly 23% of children in the country living in a home with just one of their parents, this percentage continues to increase over the years. While some parents feel they can’t stay together, it is imperative that they make healthy coparenting a priority, to help minimize the stress and negative outcomes when parents fall short on healthy coparenting.
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Ohnward Fine Arts Center presents the 17th Annual Festival of Trees from November 13 through November 28.
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Woodlawn Arts Academy presents the kick off to the 2021 holiday season with live performances of “The Nutcracker.”
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