Presidential candidate Barak Obama stopped in Davenport today (8/25) en route to Denver for the Democratic National Convention and held a question-and-answer session at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds.

For an overview of his appearance and the Q&A session, CLICK HERE to read posting by the Iowa Independent's blogger John Deeth.

Richard Louv, author of 'Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder,' will speak at 11 a.m., Sat., Aug. 23 at the iwireless Center, Moline, as part of the RiverWay 2008 Upper Mississippi River Conference.

Louv has helped spawn the Children & Nature Network (www.cnaturenet.org), an organization helping to build the international movement to connect children with nature.

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A flock of ducks enjoy a newly created sandbar off Bettendorf's Leach Park. As the Mississippi River recedes from flood stage earlier in the year, new sand bars have emerged.

The QC Morning Optimist Club marches in the Bettendorf July 4 parade.

Bricklayers construct the walls of the downtown events center along the 1900 block of State Street. In the background at left is the Isle of Capri hotel, which will connect to the events center via a skyway.

Bettendorf's George Dexter shoots a freethrow in the Bulldog's Monday night (2/11) win over the North Scott Lancers. Bettendorf, 14-2 in the MAC and rated 7th in the most recent 4A boys basketball poll, will face another top-10 team, Linn-Mar, Saturday at home. For additional photos, click on the "Read More" link below.

The steel geese scupltures at Middle Park Lagoon sport a white coat of snow after the storm Wednesday (2/7) which left the area with more than seven inches of snow and led to the cancellation of school classes and most other local events and activities.

A thick layer of snow covers tree limbs along Duck Creek Parkway, Bettendorf. More than six inches of new snow blanketed the city Friday (12/28). The wet snow was transformed into snow forts and snowmen by area children, off from school for the holidays.