With the hot weather, the ducks at Leech park are content to sit on the shore and occasionally cool off in the river. In only a few short months, the canadian geese will be joining the ducks on their annual trek south.
The 53rd Street extention to Middle Road is making progress. It appears as if they're getting ready to pour the concrete for the road surface. The dirt work isn't done yet though, and the majority of the road won't be completed until at least next spring.
A construction worker strolls through the unfinished corridor of the the addition to St. Katharine's St. Mark's College Preparatory School in Bettendorf. The addition, scheduled for completion in time for school this fall, includes a multipurpose cafeteria/auditorium, classrooms and a media technology center.
The new Taco Bell along Middle Road, east of Devils Glen Road, in Bettendorf takes shape. The so-called "Golden Triangle" is becoming the fastfood corridor of the community with a new Arby's across the street joining the existing Burger King and Rudy Taco restaurants along Devils Glen.
A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and... more
The Iowa Senate on Monday sent a bill to the governor’s desk restricting stormwater and topsoil regulations, a measure Democrats say unfairly limits local control.
An India online media company, Quint Digital Limited of Delhi, has purchased a 10 percent stake in Lee Enterprises, Inc., owner of the Quad City Times, the Dispatch/Argus and more than 70 other media properties.
Quint Digital and three of its owners, Raghav Bahl, Ritu Kapur and Vidar Bahl... more
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