DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 13, 2019) — Davenport will be holding a media briefing to discuss predicted river levels and the city’s flood preparations. The briefing will be held on Friday, March 15, at 10AM, at the Davenport Public Works Center, 1200 E 46th St.

Staff will begin the briefing promptly at 10AM. A mult box will be available.

An opportunity to ask questions will be provided following the briefing.

For a "progressive" presidential candidate, US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is remarkably, well, conservative. Her proposals are neither new nor of the "democratic socialist" variety. In fact, her aim is, as Matthew Yglesias puts it at Vox, "to save capitalism" with stock-proposals from the first-half of the last century.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 13, 2019) — Due to a systems-processing error, unemployment benefits will be delayed one day for many Iowa recipients. Both Iowa Workforce Development and the Office of the Chief Information Officer are working to identify and correct the issue as soon as possible.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 12, 2019) — The City of Davenport has activated its flood plan as of this afternoon. The following was posted to the City website a short time ago. Updates will be provided as circumstances change.

http://cityofdavenportiowa.hosted.civiclive.com/news/what_s_new/2019_flood_response

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 12, 2019) — Turn your memories into a memoir by writing the history of your life one story at a time. Darrell Lietz will be teaching the skills necessary to begin writing your own memoir during a six-week class at Eastern (6000 Eastern Ave) beginning April 2 at 1:30PM.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 12, 2019) — Davenport Public Library congratulates the winners of this year’s Annual QC Libraries’ Teen Video Contest! David Armstrong won Librarians’ Choice for his stop motion Fortnite adventure titled “Exploring the Counter” and Kyla Taylor won Viewers’ Choice for the www.abookbyme.com project titled “The One in Charge” about WWII Vet Al Taylor. Both winners received a $100 Visa gift card from the QC Libraries!

“Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voice Except to praise conquerors And acclaim the bully as hero And aims to rule the world By force and by torture…

BETTENDORF, IOWA (March 12, 2019) — Churches United of the Quad City Area is pleased to offer the work, words, and compassionate wisdom of Dr N Jonas Ohrberg at our annual Delegate Assembly to be held Thursday, March 28 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 1809 Mississippi Boulevard, Bettendorf.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 11, 2019) — Davenport Fire crews were busy Monday afternoon at a house fire in northwest Davenport. District Chief Mike Ryan says shortly after 1:30PM fire crews received a call for a report of house with smoke coming from the roof in the 2100 block of W 68th St. First arriving fire crews found smoke coming from the eaves and attic vents. A hose line was advanced into the building and the small fire was extinguished in a rear bedroom. Two dogs that were kenneled inside

WASHINGTON, DC (March 11, 2019)  — The US Supreme Court has rejected an effort to require police to render emergency aid to individuals they injure in the course of an arrest. In refusing to hear the case of Stevens-Rucker v.

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