16 Jan 2001

LeClaire Ambulance Shut Down by State

By Joe Collins
The story of LeClaire Ambulance took a recent twist when the service's supervisor of operations quit after the company was shut down by the State of Iowa for failing to comply with an agreement with the Iowa Department of Public Health's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
09 Jan 2001

City to Host Input Session for Parking Garage

By Joe Collins
The city of Davenport will hold a public-input session on Wednesday, January 10, for the two parking garages that will be constructed downtown. The session, to be held at 7 p.m. in the Illinois/Ohio Rooms at the RiverCenter North, will cover traffic patterns, pedestrian ways, skywalks, and exterior and interior design.
02 Jan 2001

Palmer College Nabs Grant for Expansion

By Joe Collins
Palmer College of Chiropractic was recently awarded a $1.7 million federal grant to assist in a major expansion of library and learning-resource facilities on its Davenport campus. The grant, which is the second major federal award for Palmer in recent months, was included in the final version of the Senate Labor, Health & Human Services appropriations bill.
26 Dec 2000

DMA Foundation Receives $12 Million Dollar Gift

By Joe Collins
The largest single financial gift in the history of the Quad Cities was given to the Davenport Museum of Art Foundation earlier this month. The $12 million donation was received from the Figgie Foundation and will be used for construction, operations, and programming costs for the new museum, scheduled to open in downtown Davenport in the fall of 2003.
19 Dec 2000

Nahant Marsh Designated Five Star Restoration Site

By Joe Collins
The Five Star Restoration Program has named Nahant Marsh in Davenport a Five Star Restoration Site. The program is organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Fish & Wildlife Federation, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, the National Association of Counties, and the Wildlife Habitat Council, and it supports restoration projects involving contributions from multiple and diverse partners.
12 Dec 2000

Fire Guts Eldridge Business

By Joe Collins
A recent fire at Olson Engineering in Eldridge did substantial damage to the 27-year-old pins-and-bushings machining company. Two of the company's four buildings were gutted in a fire that took seven fire departments more than four hours to put out.
05 Dec 2000

New Area Code Announced for Eastern Iowa

By Joe Collins
The Iowa Utilities Board is finalizing plans to make 563 the new area code for eastern Iowa, including the Quad Cities, Muscatine, Clinton, Elkander, and Decorah. Optional use will begin March 4, 2001, and mandatory use will start in September.
28 Nov 2000

Is Area Code 809 Phone Scam Really a Scam?

By Joe Collins
Floating through the Internet via e-mail is a warning titled "Area Code '809' Phone Scam" warning that you shouldn't respond to e-mail messages, phone calls, pages, or Web pages instructing you to call a number in the 809 area code.
21 Nov 2000

Stopping Credit Snoops a Phone Call Away

By Joe Collins
Tired of piles of credit-card offers in the mail? Wondering who is checking on your credit and why? Four of the national credit-information bureaus - Experian, Innovus, Equifax, and Trans Union - have joined to offer a toll-free service allowing consumers to have their names blocked from unwanted credit inquires for two years.
14 Nov 2000

Voter Turnout Still Leaves Control to the Minority

By Joe Collins
Nearly two-thirds of Scott County voters decided the fate and direction their country, state, and county will take in the future. Of 112,075 registered voters in Scott County, 63 percent cast ballots. A mere 56 percent of voters (24,530 out of 13,729) in Bettendorf and a disheartening 49 percent (32,588 out of 66,685) in Davenport could be bothered to vote.

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