The new HyVee Food Store (background) at Devils Glen and Middle Roads opened in May and demolition crews made short work of the old grocery store to make way for additional parking. The new HyVee includes a Starbucks Coffee Shop.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Vice-President Schurr. Members present: Adams, Huegel, Paulsen, Schurr and Witters. Absent: Adam and Dayman. Also present: Jim Spelhaug, Cyndy Behrer, Mike Clingingsmith, Marie Randol, and Chris Harvey.

AGENDA APPROVED: Motion by Witters, second by Adams that the Agenda be approved as presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

The summer Bettendorf-Pleasant Valley Youth baseball season is in full swing. Teams play at one of the Crow Creek Park baseball fields on a recent warm sunny evening.

The number of housing starts through April in Bettendorf continues to lag the pace of construction last year, a particularly strong year for homebuilding. The total valuation of new construction – residential, commercial and industrial – through April totaled $18.6 million, compared to $34.6 million for the same period in 2006. For the April and year-to-date construction comparison, CLICK HERE.

A towboat pushing empty barges heads upriver along the Mississippi between Moline and Bettendorf. With spring comes renewed barge traffic on the Upper Mississippi River.

PV Board Minutes 5.7.07

MEMBERS PRESENT: Regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Dayman. Members present: Adam, Adams, Dayman, Huegel, Paulsen, Schurr and Witters. Absent: None. Also present: Jim Spelhaug, Cyndy Behrer, Mike Clingingsmith, Marie Randol, Don Dehner, Jim Wichman, Tony Hiatt, Ed, Janie, and Regan Odegard, Becky Larson, Ken Brockhouse, Tom Bloomingdale, Erv Huebner, Ray Joens, Mark Staetler, Camelia, Daniel, and Jorge Rodriguez, Joey Schuler, Kathy Jerz, Mickey Malmgren, Ann Malmgren, Todd Landauer , Dylan and Lori French, Chris Harvey and others.

Another sign of spring – installation of docks at Leach Park, Bettendorf. With the spring runoff past and water levels on the Mississippi River falling, city employees re-install docks at the popular riverfront park and municipal boat ramp.

PV Board Minutes 4.23.07

MEMBERS PRESENT: Regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Dayman. Members present: Adams, Dayman, Huegel, and Witters. Absent: Paulsen and Schurr. Also present: Jim Spelhaug, Cyndy Behrer, Mike Clingingsmith, Joe Adam, Marie Randal, Barbara, Steven, and Katie Melbourne, Cindy and Jenny Stephens, Mary Beth Kunau, Don Dehner and Chris Harvey.

Unofficial Minutes of the April 23, 2007 Regular Meeting of the Board of Education (pending Board approval)

The Board of Directors of the Bettendorf Community School District, in the County of Scott, State of Iowa, met in open session according to Iowa law for their regular Board meeting at the Administrative Center, 729 21st Street, Bettendorf, Iowa, on April 23, 2007.

On sunny days without much wind, drilling in the Mississippi River could be an ideal job. Not so much on rainy days with gusty winds. A soil sampling crew has experienced both while obtaining cores from the bottom of the Mississippi River in recent weeks. The work, just north of the Interstate 74 Bridge, is preliminary engineering work for the proposed new I-74 bridge between Bettendorf and Moline. For another view of the drilling platform, click on the "Read More" link below.