• The Davenport Police Department is seeking an accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Upon completion of the process, the Davenport Police Department will become the first accredited law-enforcement agency in the Quad Cities, and the largest accredited municipal police department in Iowa.
Remember TV in the late '50s and early '60s? Forward-thinking social scientists inundated us with tales of what our lives would be in the year 2000. According to these guys, by now we'd have colonies on the moon and sidewalks that moved, and we'd all use jet-propelled backpacks to go from point to point.
Davenport City Administrator Craig Malin, in concert with the Economic Development staff, has wasted no time responding to a September city council mandate for staff to prepare a course of action relative to the city-owned property at 53rd and Eastern.
• The Community Foundation of the Great River Bend has announced a gift of $3.8 million dollars from the estate of Irma Jepsen. Half of this amount will go to the Unrestricted Fund in Jepsen's name and will benefit many areas of philanthropy, such as health and human services, educational programs, cultural activities and community development.
A few years ago, nobody would have paid any attention to Clyde Cleveland. Had he run for Iowa governor in 1998 under the Libertarian banner, he would have been ignored by the media and the other candidates, and the public would have probably seen his name for the first time when they voted.
• Cuts in Iowa's state budget have affected many programs and state agencies, but those to the Department of Human Services (DHS) could be devastating to the most vulnerable families in the state. Cuts in staff at DHS will result in an increased workload for remaining personnel, which will affect services to families.
Editor's note: In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the United States' subsequent war on Afghanistan and the Taliban, the media have generally reacted with a single voice on many issues - including Congressional efforts to stimulate the economy and to assist law enforcement in catching and prosecuting terrorists.
Editor's note: In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the United States' subsequent war on Afghanistan and the Taliban, the media have generally reacted with a single voice on many issues - including Congressional efforts to stimulate the economy and to assist law enforcement in catching and prosecuting terrorists.
Editor's note: In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the United States' subsequent war on Afghanistan and the Taliban, the media have generally reacted with a single voice on many issues - including Congressional efforts to stimulate the economy and to assist law enforcement in catching and prosecuting terrorists.
• Iowa will continue its lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation for monopolistic behavior. Eighteen states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Deprtment of Justice sued the software giant in 1998 over concerns over Microsoft's Windows operating system.

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