Ron Foster was present to review the Fast Pitch Softball Tournament scheduled at Crow Creek Park May 24-27, 2001. There will be six tournaments going on and 50 teams participating. This tournament is being held to get the Quad Cities involved in fast pitch softball again. They will have three food vendors in the park: Golick's, Ganzos, and Happy Joe's.
Dr. Spelhaug reported that approximately 120
students have enrolled in the Horizons (Grades K-6) Summer School Enrichment Opportunities with the strongest numbers occurring at the K-3 grade levels.
Approximately 100 students have enrolled in the K-6 2001 Summer School Program.
With the river flooding many parks, Middle Park has been a good spot to have a picnic these past weeks. Children can also enjoy catching a few fish or feeding the ducks and geese. At least one pair of geese has found the lagoon to be a good spot to bring their goslings.
The LeClaire Park bandshell, downstream in Davenport, plays to a crowd of ducks as much of the riverfront along the Mississippi River and a good portion of River Drive remain underwater. The crest of 22.3 feet was reached Tuesday. The Centennial Bridge between Rock Island Illinois and Davenport is in the background.
The federal government is taking an Iowa dog breeder to court, seeking a court order that will allow inspectors onto the property for the first time since 2024.
A judge has ordered the federal government to state why it has jailed, for almost two years, an immigration detainee now being held in the Muscatine County Jail.
Nearly 79% of students who used Iowa’s funding program for K-12 private schools were “already projected” to attend private schools, according to a report released Wednesday by Iowa... more
The Attorney Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Iowa has sanctioned a former attorney for the City of Davenport for allegedly withholding information from select city aldermen.