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Davenport/Bettendorf get 4-month extension on sewage treatment plant's UV disinfection plans

Iowa environmental officials have okayed a four-month extension for the Davenport Wastewater Treatment Plant to finalize plans for ultraviolet (UV) disinfection of the facility's effluent.

Under terms of a 2014 administrative consent order, the treatment facility (which handles sewage... more

Bettendorf taxpayers would fund position to market private sports complex under city staff proposal

Just weeks after facing public criticism for not fully staffing its three fire stations, Bettendorf aldermen are poised to approve spending $35,000 a year to help pay the salary of a new marketing position primarily benefiting the privately owned TBK Bank Sports Complex.

The city would... more

Bettendorf eyes spending $61,000 to prove Trump's 'Buy America' requirement a bad deal for taxpayers

Bettendorf aldermen are considering spending $61,000 to prove President Trump's "Buy America" requirement is a bad deal for local taxpayers, costing tens of thousands of dollars more to build the free-standing elevator connecting the Mississippi River recreation trail with the new I-74 Bridge.... more

Lee Enterprises earns 10 cents a share in 3rd quarter despite 4 percent drop in operating revenues

Lee Enterprises – parent company to the Quad City Times and Dispatch/Argus newspapers – earned $6.17 million, 10 cents per share, during the third quarter ended June 30, up slightly from 8 cents per share for the same period a year ago.

Third quarter operating revenues totaled $127.3... more

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