A sketch of the open area adjacent to the library and Family Museum.
City officials are seeking ideas for redevelopment of the site formerly occupied by the vacant Eagle Food Store along 18th Street, adjacent to both the Family Museum and Library.
Marie Winn wrote 'The Plug in Drug' in 1977 examining the effects of television on the developing minds of young people. In the 25th anniversary edition, she put the range of new electronic media under her scrutiny and, among other stuff, gave it all as the cause of a significant decline in average SAT scores of U.S. high school seniors.
Bettendorf city officials are threatening to go to court to try to maximize the length of the appointments the council can make to fill vacant elected positions in the city. For the Quad City Times article on the issue, CLICK HERE.
Admissions at the Bettendorf Isle of Capri Casino in March continued a decade long decline for the riverfront gambling operation, off more than 40 percent since 2001. Ten years ago, the riverboat drew 177,745 gamblers during March, providing the Isle with $9.2 million in revenues. Last month, the boat had 101,000 admissions and $6.7 million in revenue. The Isle's best March was 2000 when 183,640 gamblers visited the casino.
Fine particulate pollution in the vicinity of Garfield Elementary School, Muscatine, exceeds the air quality standards designed to protect public health, according to the 2007-2009 monitoring results released Tuesday (April 13) by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
A “Notice of Annual Meeting Of Shareholders,” aka proxy statement, is the bland accompaniment to large public corporations’ glossy annual reports. Especially when economic tides rise high, the latter are filled with impressive graphs and color photos of beaming faces in far flung places. The former are little more than ink on paper whatever the water level.
The Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., announced plans Tuesday (April 6) to purchase the Vicksburg, Mississippi gambling casino and hotel from Bally Technologies, Inc. for $80 million cash.
Iowa's largest ethanol producer – POET, LLC – has agreed to fines totaling $53,000 for hazardous air emissions from its Shell Rock refinery over a two-year period.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) imposed a $10,000 fine – the most the department is allowed to levy without... more
The city of Bettendorf has agreed to pay a total of $2.3 million to the victims struck by a car while they were walking on the pedestrian trail adjacent to the I-74 Bridge two years ago.
Two of the victims were killed and the third seriously injured when a drunk driver mistook the bike/... more
A federal judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction for Iowa’s law on illegal immigration, blocking it before enforcement was set to begin July 1.