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Lee Enterprises lifts exec wage freeze; Sunday QC Times paid circulation off 10 percent in 2012

on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 22:19   by Editor

After a three-year freeze on executive compensation because of "continuing difficult economic conditions affecting the company," Lee Enterprises' President and Chief Executive Officer Mary E. Junck received an 11 percent salary increase to $900,000 in 2012, plus stock awards and cash incentives of more than $1.1 million.

New trail plan calls for bike lanes/shared use path on 18th St. between Spruce Hills and 53rd Ave.

on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 21:20   by Editor

The comprehensive Bettendorf bike/trail plan to be opened up for public discussion Monday (1/28) calls for bike lanes and a shared use path along 18th Street between 53rd Avenue and Spruce Hills Drive.

Sierra Club settles six-year score with consent agreement over MidAmerican Energy power plant emissions

on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 22:06   by Editor

It took six years, but the Sierra Club of Iowa Tuesday (1/22) settled a long-standing score with MidAmerican Energy over air emissions from the utility's coal-fired power plants.

Six years ago, the Sierra Club sued MidAmerican Energy in federal court alleging the utility violated air quality permit regulations at its newest 790-megawatt coal-fired generating unit in the Council Bluffs Energy Center.

Lee Enterprises reports first quarter earnings of 28 cents per share; ad revenue down 6.3 percent

on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 02:08   by Editor

Lee Enterprises – owner of the Quad City Times and 47 other daily newspapers – today (1/22) reported first quarter earnings of 28 cents per share, down from 32 cents per share for the same period a year ago.

Overall print and digital advertising revenue for the quarter – normally the newspaper industry's strongest advertising period because of the holiday shopping season – fell 6.3 percent compared with the company's first quarter last year.

Air quality standards exceeded 63 times in 2012; Muscatine air monitors record 39 exceedances

on Tue, 01/22/2013 - 02:41   by Editor

Iowa finished the year 2012 with a total of 63 exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, with monitors in Muscatine recording 39 of those exceedances, according to figures release by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).

A total of 35 of the 39 exceedances in Muscatine involved high levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, while the remaining four exceedances involved PM 2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter).

2013 Pleasant Valley High School graduation ceremony will be held in iWireless Center

on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 01:38   by Editor

Pleasant Valley High School graduation ceremonies will move across the Mississippi River this year to the iWireless Center, providing additional seating and air-conditioned comfort for parents and family members.

The school board at its January 14 meeting gave the okay to use the larger venue for the high school graduation to be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 26.

Public input sought on citywide trail corridor plan

on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 00:27   by Editor

A public meeting will be held Monday, January 28 to obtain citizen input into a citywide plan for future expansion of recreation trails in Bettendorf.

The meeting from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the QC Waterfront Convention Center is to obtain comments and feedback on a comprehensive trail study being developed by engineering firm Shive-Hattery, Inc. The plan involves 30 bicycle/recreation trail corridors in the community, and was prompted by a controversial project to add a 10-foot recreation trail along Middle Road last year.

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