04 Jul 2001

Davenport Mayor's Race Heats Up

By Administrator
• The number of candidates for Davenport Mayor has increased to five with announcements last week from Denise Hollonbeck and Charlie Brooke. Hollonbeck, who made her announcement in front of Davenport City Hall, served seven years on the Davenport School Board, including time as president.
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

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.
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.
06 Jun 2001

Niky's Nightmare

By Administrator
For a year and a half, Davenport citizens have been witness to the ongoing saga of Niky Bowles versus the City of Davenport, as Bowles has attempted to rezone 10 acres of property her family owns as Cypress Points Developers just south of 53rd Street on Eastern Avenue.
29 May 2001

Adler to Undergo Seating Makeover

By Joe Collins
• The Adler Theatre will be closed down from approximately July 9 through the first week of September to allow for renovation of the theatre's seating. This $353,460 capital-improvement project will ensure that each seat is reupholstered, foam padding and panes are replaced, seat backs are refinished, and self-rising mechanisms are installed.

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