A new sculpture was recently spotted near the Family Museum. The Sculpture adorns the end of the parking lot, and appears to represent the Earth, Sun and Moon, being held by green hands. What this means, I'm not sure, but it is interesting to look at. If anyone knows more about this sculpture, please comment and let us know!
As the river recedes, the sandbag wall that helped prevent flooding has now become the problem. These sandbags, now with a "dead fish" smell, await disposal at the floodwall by Leach Park, Bettendorf. The Mississippi River is expected to fall below the 15-foot flood stage this week.
Commissioner Kamp informed the Board that a skate park meeting was held on Monday to finalize the design with the thought that we might be cutting the park in half to get something by this Fall. The next meeting will be held on April 23 to discuss fund raising, approaching businesses and having a car wash.
Ron Foster was present to review the Fast Pitch Softball Tournament scheduled at Crow Creek Park May 24-27, 2001. There will be six tournaments going on and 50 teams participating. This tournament is being held to get the Quad Cities involved in fast pitch softball again. They will have three food vendors in the park: Golick's, Ganzos, and Happy Joe's.
The Attorney Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Iowa has sanctioned a former attorney for the City of Davenport for allegedly withholding information from select city aldermen.
Davenport-based Lee Enterprises, Inc. – owner of the QC Times and Daily Dispatch/Argus – has a new CEO, a new chief financial officer, several new board members and a new majority owner.
The initial financial results, however, look very much the same: declining revenues and negative... more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday (5/4/26) it will conduct comprehensive reviews of cleanup work beginning this spring at four Superfund sites, including the Arconic (formerly Alcoa) Davenport Plant site in Riverdale and the Mississippi River Pool 15.