10th Annual Contest Recognizes America’s Best Transportation Projects

CLEVELAND – State department of transportation projects that used high-tech tools like Bluetooth sensors to make work zones safer and that improved pedestrian access to heavily traveled corridors were winners in the mid-America regional America’s Transportation Awards competition.

Rock Island County generated $219.2 million in travel expenditures and $4.2 million in local tax revenue

Quad Cities – Today, the Illinois Office of Tourism announced domestic and international travel expenditures reached $37.9 billion in 2016 – a $571 million increase from 2015.

Quad Cities – Starting this Saturday, almost 650 players start arriving in the Quad Cities for the 2017 Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) Amateur and Junior Disc Golf World Championships on July 15-22, 2017.

These amateur and junior players range in age from 6 to 80+ years old and are up and coming in the PDGA ranks.  Qualifications include having the minimum number of points and PDGA membership.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg signed a pledge at their weekly press conference Monday to move over or slow down for utility maintenance vehicles on Iowa roads.

Iowa’s Move Over, Slow Down law was enacted in 2002 and requires drivers to move over or slow down for stopped emergency vehicles with flashing lights. On July 1st, the law was expanded to include utility maintenance vehicles.