The Duck Creek Recreation Trail has taken a small but important step with the extension under State Street into Riverdale. The trail ends just past the State Street bridge over Duck Creek in a small park area. Future plans call for connecting the Duck Creek trail to the proposed trail along the Mississippi River.
A group of children enjoy a story during the reading program Sunday (Nov. 4) at the Bettendorf Public Library Information Center parking lot. The special reading program and pleasant November weather brought out hundreds of youngsters.
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