The Autism Society of the Quad-Cities (ASQC) will host a walk to celebrate Autism acceptance on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Augustana College’s PepsiCo. Center, 1025 30th St., Rock Island. more

If you like tacos, the Walcott American Legion Auxiliary Unit 548, is welcoming the public to their annual all-you-can-eat taco night fundraiser Friday, April 26, at the Walcott American Legion post home, 121 West Bryant St. more

Cinnamon Ridge Dairy Farm is among 20 Iowa dairies awarded Choose Iowa Dairy innovation grants totaling $750,000. more

Eldridge and all Iowa public and private utilities will launch water testing for PFAS forever chemicals following a new federal order setting maximum exposure levels. more

The Walcott Recreational Trail Advisory Committee welcomes residents to a follow-up meeting on the biking/walking path around the Westbrook subdivision. more

Supervisors of Dickinson County voted unanimously April 16 to implement new restrictions on the placement of carbon dioxide pipelines to create larger buffers between them and people and animals. more

Artwork from Iowa students is being sought for the 2024 Choose Iowa Calendar Contest hosted by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. more

View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the April 24 NSP! more

View the Eldridge Police report from the April 24 NSP! more

Hallie Hunt of Dixon will celebrate her 80th birthday with a party April 27. Friends may call at the Dixon American Legion, 604 Davenport St., Dixon, starting at 4 p.m. more

Tom and Barbara Willis celebrated their 80th birthdays with family and friends on April 21 at Scott County Park. more

Gary Stichter, age 87, of Davenport, passed away early Thursday morning, April 18, 2024, at Genesis Medical Center-East in Davenport. more

Roger Larry Schemmel, 84, a resident of Davenport, died peacefully on April 21, 2024, at Clarissa Cook Hospice House. Visitation will be at The Runge Mortuary on Thursday, April 25, at 11 a.m., with the service immediately following at noon. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.  more

Rose Marie Wright, 94, of Bennett, passed late at night on Thursday, April 11, in Clarissa Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Visitation was held on Wednesday, April 17, from 9 to 11 a.m., followed by her funeral services at 11 a.m. at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Rev. Dr. Andrew Watkins from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bennett officiating. Burial followed in the Inland Cemetery, Bennett. Lunch was at the Bennett American Legion Hall. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established for the Bennett Ambulance and Fire Department. Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com. more

A funeral service and Mass of Christian Burial for Dolores Marie “Dot” (Hogarth) Cassidy, 93, was held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19, at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport. Visitation was 30 minutes prior to Mass on Friday at the church. The Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport, assisted the family with arrangements. more

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Clinton County Extension office, in collaboration with Speak Out Against Suicide and ASAC will host a mental health night open to the public on May 2, from 5:30-8 p.m. at The Eco Center at Rock Creek Marina in Camanche (3942 291st Street in Camanche) more

Thank you to readers who said they appreciated last week's "Impressions" which explained the difficult choices in the Israeli-Hamas War – thanks largely to the teaching pastor, the Rev. Peter Pettit, of St. Paul Lutheran. One reader wrote, "Thanks for your explanation of the Israel/Hamas war. I didn't understand what was going on, but your article helped me to grasp the problem." more

April 24, 1974: North Scott teachers were preparing to enter contract negotiations with the district and asked for a $1,000 pay increase, to $8,400 for the 1974-75 school year. Jack Dudley of the North Scott Education Association said the district had not kept pace with the cost of living. Dudley said the average teacher was paid $10,290 in the last school year, which worked out to about $4.82 per hour, assuming a teacher only worked eight hours per day during the nine-month contract period. Starting sweepers at Caterpillar earned $4.95 per hour. more

On April 10, the Iowa House passed House File 2641 by a near unanimous 96-aye to 1-nay vote. HF 2641 is the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) departmental bill. The measure proposes a number of changes to the Code that make technical corrections to update Code verbiage, remove dormant or obsolete program and Code provisions, and restructures Code language concerning the Choose Iowa Promotional Program. more

House File 2634 removes the $7.0 million cap on the real estate transfer tax (RETT) that is deposited in the housing trust fund (HTF)—resulting in an increase to that fund and affordable housing across the state. The bill passed out of the House Economic Growth and Technology and Ways and Means Committees as well as off the House Floor unanimously. more