Four Downtown Bettendorf businesses will share in more than $30,000 awarded through the new Façade Improvement and Commercial Interior Improvement grants by the Downtown Bettendorf Organization (DBO). DBO announced these grant recipients and projects: Façade Improvement Grants Tango Salon, 836 State St.; Leeann Themas, business and property owner; new façade work including milling headers, filling potholes and blacktopping the parking lot. ADSQ, 321 17th; Steve Cotton, business and property owner; will sealcoat a parking lot at 17th and Grant streets, remove a rock garden in front and add new... Read More

Trivia Night Live is rolling into The Tangled Wood in Bettendorf every Tuesday at 7 p.m.! It’s Free To Play, with up to eight people per team playing in various categories. What is Trivia Night Live? Trivia Night Live is a live interactive team trivia game played at your favorite restaurants and bars. The game consists of four rounds of questions of increasing difficulty and point values. Categories range from current events, history, geography, science, sports, and more…. Trivia Night Live is free to play, and you can have up to 8 members on a team. Prizes are awarded for the winner of the... Read More

The Bettendorf Public Library is offering chess players the perfect opportunity to hone their skills at its Bettendorf Adult Chess Club. On Saturday, October 23rd from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, players from around the community are invited to match up against other players in casual games. The Bettendorf Adult Chess Club meets at the Bettendorf Public Library located at 2950 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. No registration is required to attend this free program. Bettendorf Public Library staff members well versed in the game of chess will be on hand to host casual games. The club seeks to provide... Read More

The Bettendorf Public Library is offering chess players the perfect opportunity to hone their skills at its Bettendorf Adult Chess Club. On Saturday, October 23rd from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, players from around the community are invited to match up against other players in casual games. The Bettendorf Adult Chess Club meets at the Bettendorf Public Library located at 2950 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. No registration is required to attend this free program. Bettendorf Public Library staff members well versed in the game of chess will be on hand to host casual games. The club seeks to provide... Read More

Keeper Wars Ink is excited to announce they will hold a National Qualifying event indoors at the TBK Bank Sports Complex in Bettendorf, Iowa, December 31, 2021 – January 2, 2022. “We are very excited to bring our Keeper Wars families to an area that brings fun for all who attend,” said Casey Clark, Keeper Wars Ink Founder & CEO.  “To bring a New Year’s Indoor National Qualifying event to the Midwest is something we have wanted to expand on, and we are thrilled that TBK Bank Sports Complex and Visit Quad Cities see our vision and have partnered up with us to make it happen!” We... Read More

Local officials, citizen scientists, and community organizations will gather on Friday, October 15, 2021 at Jetty Park in an effort to combat plastic pollution along the Mississippi River. The initiative is being directed through the leadership of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) and the mayors of the Mississippi River, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme  and the University of Georgia. This is the second pilot phase of the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative in which local data collection efforts will occur throughout the... Read More

Local libraries have dubbed October as TeenTober, a celebration of area young adult services available to teens. The Bettendorf Public Library is seeking tweens and teens ages 11 – 19 to participate by reading and creating videos and submitting them for the community-wide TeenTober challenge. The local library that garners the most reading minutes will be crowned winner. TeenTober runs through October 31st. Participation is free. Reading minutes can be tallied through a form available at the Bettendorf Public Library located at 2950 Learning Campus Dr. or through the library’s Beanstack app. Video... Read More

The Quad City Strikers Warriors 2008 boys soccer team is the top-ranked squad in all of Iowa! The team, coached by Juan and Christian Nuci, is undefeated at 15 wins, zero losses and one draw, and has been ranked number one in the state at the 2008 boys level since the beginning of the fall season in all but one week. They’ve played the top-ranked teams in Iowa and Nebraska in various tournaments over the past months, defeating them all. Last weekend, they played some of the top-ranked teams in Illinois, and remained undefeated, beating Peoria 4-0 and Millenium 5-0 before winning the championship... Read More

BREAKING NEWS: New Iowa covid-19 numbers show a positive trend, but are still on “high alert,” with over 1,000 daily new cases for the eighth week in a row — a significant increase over summer’s 100 per day average. October numbers for Iowa are down 23 percent from September, with hospitalizations falling 10 percent over the past two weeks. The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that 598 Iowans are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, with 150 patients in the UCU. Only 55 percent of all Iowans are vaccinated, which is driving the continued spread, as most... Read More

Writers who are looking to sharpen their craft will not want to miss the Bettendorf Public Library’s new writing club. On Thursday, October 14th, the all-new Bettendorf Writing Club will have its kick-off at the library located at 2950 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. The free event does not require registration and starts at 6:30 PM. The Bettendorf Writing Club is designed to give writers the opportunity to share short pieces of their work and will include practice writing exercises along with a brief lesson from seasoned authors. The club is designed for adults and will take place on the... Read More