Articles Tagged: Davenport

Iowa House lawmakers unanimously passed legislation Monday strengthening the state’s open meetings laws, which a Scott County lawmaker behind the bill says stems from issues in the Quad-Cities.

The State Auditor's Office is asking a judge to remove the Iowa Attorney General's Office as its legal counsel in a Davenport records case over an impasse about how best to argue the matter in court.

‘Nothing about this … constitutes a crime,’ Scott County attorney says of Davenport building collapse last year.

Scott County dispatchers advised multiple 911 calls reported smoke and heavy fire coming from both stories of the two-story, single family dwelling.

3 people died when Davenport apartment building caved in on May 28, 2023

The campaign contributor, Iowa Board of Regents member David Barker, said he is not involved in the day-to-day operations at Indian Ridge Apartments and was unaware the Republican incumbent was living there.

Frank Fritz, 60, died Monday after suffering a stroke over two years ago and developing health complications later.

The shooting prompted shoppers and workers to seek shelter inside store dressing rooms and elsewhere while others ran out of the mall.

The FBI’s Crime Complaint Center found Iowans reported nearly 4,000 complaints about cybercrime in 2023, a 26 percent increase compared with 2022.

On this week’s episode, looking at fundraising in Iowa’s statehouse campaigns, previewing the Iowa primary, and the one-year anniversary of the downtown Davenport building collapse.

Funding to Orchestra Iowa will help pay for a performance of a revised score to “Field of Dreams” on the Kernels ball field next summer.

Davenport is among sites a tech company is considering for an $800 million Midwest data center campus. City officials emphasized Wednesday the project is far from a done deal.

The city approved nearly $2 million in settlement agreements with city staff without a public vote in 2023.

Since the settlements were announced, concerns have been raised that some council members may have supported the use of taxpayer money to dispose of legal claims that stem from their own behavior or the behavior of their fellow council members.

Latest film from award-winning writer Max Allan Collins stars Rob Merritt and Alisabeth Von Presley from Cedar Rapids.