05 Jul 2005

Iowa Homeland Security Receives Grant

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Homeland Security & Management Division has received $520,612 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enhance protection efforts at key sites and deter threats of terrorism aimed at those facilities.
14 Jun 2005

Public Invited to Provide Feedback on Fair-Housing Issues

By Joe Collins
• The cities of Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island are in the process of developing a joint Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, a requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for all Community Development Block Grant entitlement communities.
07 Jun 2005

Blue Grass Fire Department to Build New Station

By Joe Collins
• The Blue Grass Fire Department is among the busiest all-volunteer units in Scott County. Last year, Blue Grass firefighters answered a record 247 calls for service. They've already answered 114 calls through April of this year.
24 May 2005

Brochure Featuring Iowa Wineries and Brewery Released

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Wine & Beer Promotion Board has released a new brochure featuring 27 Iowa wineries and one brewery. Detailed maps show the locations of the facilities and the hours during which visitors can tour and taste fine beverages crafted in Iowa.
17 May 2005

New Visitors Center Opens in the Quad Cities

By Joe Collins
• The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced that it has opened a new visitors center in the Village of East Davenport. The new center is located in the Little Stone House at 2208 East 11th Street.
10 May 2005

Ballet Quad Cities Receives Grant for Anne Frank Ballet

By Joe Collins
• The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has donated $6,000 to Ballet Quad Cities in conjunction with the world premiere of From the Pages of a Young Girl's Life: The Anne Frank Ballet. The funding allows educational tools to be made available to area children for this educational experience that brings a period of history to life.
03 May 2005

River Action Receives Keep Iowa Beautiful Grant

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced that 17 Iowa communities or not-for-profit organizations were awarded funds from the Keep Iowa Beautiful program. Funding for this program is generated through Iowa's state-income-tax checkoff, and this is the third year for the program.
26 Apr 2005

Local Sister Wins Cesar Chavez Award

By Joe Collins
• On April 2, Sister Maria Luisa (Molly) Munoz accepted the Cesar Chavez Award from the Cesar Chavez Peace & Justice Committee of Denver, Colorado. Sister Molly is a public-health nurse and community organizer who serves as the pastoral agent for the Pastoral Migrant Family Program for the Hispanic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Denver.
19 Apr 2005

Old Trinity North Campus Sold

By Joe Collins
• Trinity Regional Health System has announced that it has a buyer for its former North Campus at 1111 West Kimberly Road in Davenport. Select Medical Corporation, a for-profit health-care provider headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, will pay $4 million to Trinity for the 18-acre campus, which includes a 92,500-square-foot facility with an attached medical office building.
12 Apr 2005

Palmer to Build Learning Resource Center

By Joe Collins
• The Chiropractic Learning Resource Center (CLRC) planned for construction on the Palmer College of Chiropractic campus will now include state-of-the-art outpatient clinic facilities, college officials have announced.

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