By Steven Martens
The start of a special city council meeting in Clinton was delayed Friday morning by an effort to comply with Iowa’s open meetings, or “sunshine” law.
After Mayor Rodger Holm called the 11 a.m. meeting to order, council member Mike Kearney, 2nd Ward, spoke up and said the notice of the special meeting had [...]
The ad hoc committee formed in August to find an operator for the Clinton marina restaurant will present information about a potential candidate during Tuesday’s Committee-of-the-Whole meeting. The meeting will immediately follow the City Council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
The identity of the potential candidate has not been revealed, but the [...]
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Ed Tibbetts
People who know Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba know that his political heros were Humbert Humphrey and Edward Kennedy. Listen to Gluba long enough and he’ll end up quoting Humphrey. He also ran Kennedy’s Scott County presidential campaign in 1980.
So strong did Gluba feel about the two that he’s tried to pay his respects at [...]
David Heitz
The city of Bettendorf has made Money magazine’s recent list of the top 100 small towns in the nation for families to live.
Bettendorf, Pop. 32,400, finished 80th on the list among towns with populations of 8,500 to 50,000. Among the city’s assets, the magazine listed the Isle Casino and Hotel, Family Museum and Splash Landing. [...]
Tory Brecht
Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba raised a few eyebrows – and the hackles of some Bettendorf firefighters – a couple weeks ago when he made the following statement during a presentation lauding a high rating Davenport’s fire department received from an accredidation group:
“I’m glad to hear we have a bunch of overachievers,” he said. “At [...]
Dustin Lemmon
Some members of the city of Moline’s upper management will save the city $13,142 by taking volunteer furlough days in coming weeks. The city issued a news release Friday saying the officials include: the city administrator, police chief, law director, public works director, finance director, economic development director, city engineer, human resources manager, parks director [...]
Tory Brecht
Flower basket hanging – an annual rite of spring in downtown Davenport – will commence this weekend.
The DavenportOne Downtown Partnership’s Clean & Safe Team will start hanging wire baskets with purple, pink and yellow petunias beginning Saturday.
New streetscape improvements will allow the number of hanging baskets to increase from 330 to 400 this year, [...]
Tory Brecht
A number of weeks ago, while I was on vacation, my colleague Kurt wrote this story about an unnamed developer who was interested in buying properties in the Hilltop area between St. Ambrose and Palmer
The news caused some consternation among residents, curious to hear who the specific developer is and what the long-range plans [...]
Dustin Lemmon
Mayor Mark Schwiebert is being honored this evening at a party at Jumer’s Casino and Hotel. He has one week left in office before the new mayor, Dennis Pauley, is sworn in at the May 4 City Council meeting.
What are your thoughts on Schwiebert’s service as mayor over the past 20 years?
Tory Brecht
Received this press release today. Thought cycling enthusiasts (like myself) might be interested:
Almost one hundred Quad-City cyclists will “try to catch the wind” on a unique bicycle ride Saturday, May 2. They will head out by bus into what ever direction the wind is blowing. Then approximately 100 miles away from the Quad-Cities, they [...]
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