04 Jul 2001

East Moline Moves Ahead with The Quarter

By Jeff Ignatius

Despite the setback of having developer Kaizen Company of America pull out of the commercial portion of The Quarter riverfront re-development effort (see City Shorts in this week's issue), the City of East Moline could be moving forward on other components of the project in the coming weeks.

26 Jun 2001

LeClaire Ambulance Closes Doors

By Joe Collins

• Saturday, June 30, will mark the end of LeClaire Ambulance Service. In December, the company, which has been in business for 36 years, had its license suspended for six months by the Iowa Department of Public Health after an incident in which the former ambulance-service director took 23 minutes to respond to a call.

26 Jun 2001

Administrator Pick Should Sail through Confirmation Process

By Kathleen McCarthy and Jeff Ignatius

The unanimous choice of the search committee and mayor for Davenport's
new city administrator appears to be well on his way to city-council confir
mation next week.

Craig Malin, currently the county administrator in Douglas County, Wisconsin, has wide support among Davenport city-council members surveyed by the River Cities' Reader.

26 Jun 2001

Looking Forward to 45 More Years

By Jeff Ignatius

Oh, the perils of outdoor theatre.

There are the mosquitoes. The heat. And of course,the threat of rain.

At a rehearsal for two one-act plays on Monday, director David Wooten told the cast he wanted strong efforts for the next few days.

19 Jun 2001

High Speed Train Might Come to Iowa

By Joe Collins

• Plans are continuing for a high-speed Amtrak passenger railroad route across Iowa that would connect Chicago and Iowa City. The route - which would cost $4 billion - would reach Omaha and would be part of a network that would include Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

19 Jun 2001

The Next Big Thing

By Jeff Ignatius

When the City of Moline requested developers in 1999 for
its mixed-used riverfront project known as Bass Street
Landing, it didn't get any responses that met its requirements - primarily that applicants have experience developing and operating a similar project.

12 Jun 2001

Symphony In Bloom Renamed, Picks Site

By Joe Collins

• The Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association has picked Davenport's River Center as the site of its 2002 Symphony in Bloom fundraiser. The show, to be renamed the Midwest Regional Lawn, Garden, & Flower Show Featuring Symphony in Bloom, will be held March 1 through 3, to coincide with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's March Classical Series concerts.

12 Jun 2001

Citizens Wrongfully Kept from Voting in 2000

By Jeff Ignatius

Last month in Washington, D.C., Bettendorf resident Scott Morschhauser ran into people a lot like him.

"I can't sleep at night," somebody would say to him.

"I can't sleep at night, either!" Morschhauser would reply.

06 Jun 2001

Documentary Shows Division Over Wal-Mart

By Tamara Straus

In 1998, David Glass, the chief operating officer of Wal-Mart, outlined his company's objective: "First we dominate North America, then South America, then Europe and Asia."

If Glass had been speaking of any other enterprise, his words might have seemed far-fetched.

06 Jun 2001

Blood Centers Merge

By Joe Collins

• The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) and Southeast Iowa Blood Center this week merged their operations to create the largest not-for-profit blood center in Iowa, with service to 25 hospitals in 23 counties throughout eastern and southeastern Iowa and western Illinois.

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