Join River Action for the 24th Annual Fish & Fire on Thursday, April 30, as citizens, artists, policy makers, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, elected officials and philanthropists from all walks of life gather to celebrate the Mississippi River and the good work being done to make it and the communities along it more resilient. The […]
Does Bettendorf Community School District have an emotional support dog? You bet they do, and he’s a cutie! Meet Ernie, the new BCSD Therapy Dog. Thanks to a generous gift from the Give Like Charly Foundation, which is funded in memory of BHS ’22 grad Charly Erpelding, Ernie will join the BCSD Therapy Dog Program […]
Bettendorf basketball player Emily Martin has just set a new record. With the Bettendorf Girls Basketball season ended, the stats are in the books and Emily Martin shot 93.93% from the free throw line, breaking the previous single-season record of 83.8% set in 2013!
QUAD CITIES, IA — LandJet, the nation’s first and only mobile office transportation franchise, has launched its next-generation fleet of custom Mercedes Sprinter mobile office vehicles, manufactured exclusively by Winnebago Industries (NYSE: WGO). The new vehicles transform unproductive regional business travel into billable work time, offering executives a private-jet experience on the ground. The custom-upfitted […]
A huge congratulations to retired Bettendorf High School soccer coach Ben Pennington, who will be inducted into the National High School Coaches Hall of Fame this summer—an incredible and well-deserved honor! Pic. – MT Principal and former coach Chad Uhde & Coach Pennington.
Business time lost is opportunity lost. We’ve all been there. A “quick trip” on a flight that’s scheduled to be just a few hours turns into an entire day lost. On paper, flying looks efficient, but in real life, regional trips end up piling up hidden time costs, from delays to security waits to the […]
BETTENDORF, Iowa – LandJet, a franchise business in the luxury transportation for the corporate traveler space, will be hosting a Franchise Pop-up special event to invite interested entrepreneurs in to learn more about LandJet franchise opportunities from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 3269 Moencks Ct., Bettendorf. The event is free and open […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Quad-Cities. Starting Wednesday, Nov. 19, explore the Deck the Downtowns promotions with fun holiday activities, unique local shopping, seasonal displays, ornament hunts, delicious goodies and opportunities to win prizes along the way. Deck the Downtowns is a joint promotion of the Downtown Bettendorf Organization, Downtown Davenport Partnership and Rock Island […]
Environmental threats to the Amazon Rainforest will be front-and-center at the latest round of climate change negotiations known as COP30 in Brazil this month, and a Bettendorf man will be among the thousands of delegates there. Everett Hamner, a Western Illinois University English professor, will be among the tens of thousands of delegates from 195 […]
Five years after it was performed without opposition at Pleasant Valley High School, the play “26 Pebbles” has caused controversy in Bettendorf, as that high school plans to mount its own production Nov. 7 and 8. The play – by Eric Ulloa, which premiered in 2017 – concerns the impact of the mass shooting at […]
