Bettendorf's scheduled Trick-or-Treat night will be Tuesday, October 31, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Bettendorf Jaycees' Halloween Parade will be Saturday, October 28, beginning at 7:15 p.m. from Middle Park. The parade route follows Spruce Hills Drive west to 18th Street, south on 18th Street to Middle Road and Middle Road back to Middle Park at 23rd Street.
Both chambers of the Iowa Legislature have approved education appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2027, with Democrats decrying what they called straying priorities and a... more
The Iowa Senate sent Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “Make America Healthy Again” legislation to her desk Monday, a package that includes SNAP restrictions, over-the-counter ivermectin and several... more
by Sen. Janice Weiner, Democrat, Iowa City, District 45
Earlier this year, Republican lawmakers passed an insultingly low amount of school funding for the 2026-27 school year. The measly two percent increase ensures that Iowa’s public schools will remain underfunded and school... more