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Important determination about city hired outside counsel's obligations to private citizens. 

If you visit "David Ezra Sidran vs. City of Davenport, Iowa," you'll find the full text of Ezra Sidran's late May 2026 law suit against the City of Davenport and its elected leaders.

Zach Lahn, a businessman and farmer, won the Republican nomination for Iowa governor Tuesday with U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra and the three other GOP hopefuls conceding the race.

As Justice Thomas Waterman of the Iowa Supreme Court has observed, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”

A delightful, hilarious family show adapted from the winner of a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the stage romp The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales enjoys its area debut at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre, the show's June 12 through 21 run treating audiences to a comedy in which, per the Broadstreet Review's critic, "the adults around me laughed as much as the kiddos.”

A legitimate stage classic and winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, the international smash Les Misérables enjoys a June 12 through 28 staging at Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse, the production featuring such unforgettable songs as "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Do You Hear the People Sing," and the area presentation boasting a Jean Valjean portrayed by John Michael Finley, the critically acclaimed star of the film smash I Can Only Imagine.

Hailed by Goldmine Magazine for their "unique blend of rock, funk, jazz, reggae, ska, disco, and electro-pop" that "always keeps the crowd on their toes," the rockers of Spafford headline a June 16 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, Jam & Toast adding that "breathing, listening, and transitions all play big parts in what sets Spafford apart from other jam bands."

Touring in support of his 2025 recording Radio Waves that Americana UK deemed "an excellent album” that allows “glorious vocals to shine," touring artist Jonathan Linaberry – working under his stage moniker The Bones of J.R. Jones – headlines a June 13 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Atwood adding that the musician's fall release and sixth album overall is "raw, reflective, and achingly human."

Touring in support of his solo debut Hundred Mile Wilderness that the Portland Press Herald called a "play for the big-time, with a robust, radio-friendly sound," singer/songwriter Griffin William Sherry headlines a June 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Nippertown adding that "if you are a fan of The Ghost of Paul Revere (duh.), Mumford & Sons, or Zac Brown Band, you’ll enjoy the future music of Griffin William Sherry."