AT&T is having 6 2" conduits for fiber-optic cable run from Denver to Chicago. This cable is being run next to Middle Road in Bettendorf, and connects to the AT&T building in Davenport. It is still unclear on what they are going to use all of this bandwidth for, but this may help solve some of the phone and internet problems of the Quad City area.
Bettendorf's firework show was exceptional this year, with multitudes of fireworks, including a long display of red white and blue, as well as many color and pattern combinations not seen locally before. Some of the lower fireworks looked like "a billion angry fireflies."
Some kids play a few extra innings for practice after their baseball game at the new Crow Creek baseball fields. The new fields also have a large parking lot and access off of Tanglewood Drive.
The Iowa House advanced legislation Thursday that would provide greater oversight of pet breeders in the state, expand dog ownership documentation and specify how the state can issue... more
A western Iowa teacher who was fired after publicly commenting that she wouldn’t miss activist Charlie Kirk after his death last year has been awarded jobless benefits.