DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 21, 2025) — Davenport City Administrator Doug Maxeiner has announced he will resign from his position, citing significant health issues. In a letter to Mayor Mike Matson, Maxeiner wrote his last day would be October 1, 2025.
PORT BYRON & CORDOVA, ILLINOIS (July 13, 2025) — The Rock Island County Forest Preserve District will begin resurfacing work and installation of detectible warnings on a section of the Great River Road Trail as part of an ongoing effort to improve local outdoor-recreation infrastructure.
DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 11, 2025) — The Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) celebrated eleven completed projects totaling $29.1 million with eight projects currently under construction totaling $36.7 million and key developments in the project pipeline.
DES MOINES, IOWA (May 7, 2025) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded a total of more than $9.5 million in federal housing tax credits to support the construction and rehabilitation of a total of 331 affordable rental homes for Iowans. The awards were made to ten rental housing projects located in Cerro Gordo, Jasper, Johnson, Polk, Pottawattamie, Scott, Sioux, and Webster counties.
BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 28, 2025) — Gregg Hancock State Farm will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate their new location on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1PM.
The new office is located at 6798 Friendship Path in Bettendorf, IA (near TBK Bank Sports Complex).
Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed guests, and valued members of our Quad Cities community,
GENESEO, ILLINOIS (April 15, 2025) — The 2025 Geneseo Artwalk will take place Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Downtown Geneseo, Illinois. Geneseo will be full of art during the last weekend of April. Geneseo is a regional art destination, with three art galleries, local sculptors, a music store, a music academy, and the Geneseo Mural Project that has brought five murals to life in Geneseo since 2022, with plans for sixth mural in 2025.
DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 10, 2025) — A press conference announcing Ride the Island,a new family bike ride on Arsenal Island on Father’s Day, June 15, 2025, will be held, April 15, 10AM, at the Quad City Times parking lot, Davenport, headquarters and start for the Father’s Day ride.
Ride the Islandcelebrates fathers and our beautiful Arsenal Island trails at the same time it celebrates 250 years of the United States Army.
DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 25, 2025) — The Quad City area is taking proactive measures to address the risk of flooding with a community-focused Flood Preparedness Workshop scheduled for March 1, 2025, 10AM-2PM, at Modern Woodmen Park, located at 209 S Gaines St, Davenport, Iowa.
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