24 Apr 2001

Special Needs Playground Added to Bettendorf's Rocket Park

By Administrator
• The Junior League of the Quad Cities is working in conjunction with the City of Bettendorf to add a play area in McManus Park (better known as Rocket Park) just off Interstate 74 to meet the needs of children with physical disabilities.
17 Apr 2001

Ozone Season Begins

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has resumed monitoring ground-level ozone, often called smog. State and local agencies use the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality Index to provide general information to the public about air quality and associated health effects.
27 Mar 2001

Iowa Legislature Mulls Raising Sales Tax

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa House of Representatives will be looking at a proposal to raise the state's sales tax to 6 percent and use the money to pay for school construction and repair. Inspired by the success of a 1998 law that allowed counties to pass a 1-cent sales-tax increase to pay for school capital projects, the bill aims to provide property-tax relief and tax equity statewide.
20 Mar 2001

Bettendorf Fire Department Gets Truck, No New Firefighters

By Joe Collins
• The Bettendorf City Council recently approved a budget that includes purchase of a new $600,000 fire truck but doesn't include any money for new personnel. This is despite an $85,000 study last year that recommended adding at least four paid firefighters and a captain to the department, which currently has 37 volunteers and 18 paid members.
13 Mar 2001

Another Pathetic Voter Turnout

By Joe Collins
• A mere 10,562 of the 63,236 regis- tered voters in Davenport (17 percent) bothered to vote in last week's election. Davenport residents had more at stake in the election than other Scott County residents, as they got to winnow down the list of candidates for alderman-at-large in a primary, as well as choose a sheriff.
06 Mar 2001

Mediacom Communications Buys Local Cable

By Joe Collins
• The continuing saga of "Who owns your cable company?" has taken another interesting twist with the recent acquisition of Quad City metropolitan area cable operations by Mediacom Communications from AT&T Broadband Communications in a $2.
27 Feb 2001

New Blood Center Opening in Rock Island

By Joe Collins
• In response to the growing need for volunteer blood donors, the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) is opening a Rock Island-based community blood center at 3850 Blackhawk Road, Suites 5 and 7. Hours will be on Wednesdays from noon until 5 p.
20 Feb 2001

Bills Would Stop Release of Gun-Owner Information

By Joe Collins
• Bills have been introduced in the Iowa legislature that would prohibit to varying degrees the inspection of public records concerning permits to purchase handguns and concealed weapons. A bill introduced by Representative Bob Brunkhorst, R-Waverly, would make private all information gathered from those who receive such permits.
13 Feb 2001

Consideration by Some Davenport Aldermen for Stricter Adult-Entertainment Ordinance

By Joe Collins
· Some Davenport aldermen are pushing for stricter regulation of adult entertainment. A proposal that might be before the full council by the time you read this would require customers to be visible at all times in movie-viewing booths.
06 Feb 2001

Davenport Sewer Repair Could Cost $144 Million

By Joe Collins
Consultants have told Davenport City officials that $144 million needs to be spent over the next 50 years for sewer repairs. An estimated $18 million will need to spent on 16 projects in the next five years, with most of them aimed at preventing raw sewage from backing up into homes.

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