The Vera French Community Mental Health Center (VF CMHC) is adding a second full-service outpatient mental health clinic to serve our community in late 2023 & to meet the growing mental health needs of the Quad Cities and our larger region. Today Vera French announced its purchase and renovation of the first three floors of the tower at 852 Middle Road in Bettendorf, Iowa. The location also provides for easy access to I-74. Vera French has proudly served as an independent community mental health center (CMHC) for a five county region including the Quad Cities over the last 74 years. “It... Read More

Bettendorf Park Band will perform your favorite tunes tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Bettendorf. For more information, see this helpful Facebook page.  Read More

The Bettendorf Public Library is offering makers of all genres a chance to share their work and be entered into a prize drawing. The library’s promotion Find Your Voice: Make Your Mark is seeking maker submissions created between July 1st and July 31st. Multiple entries can be submitted. Photos must be submitted before July 31, 2023 to be eligible. The prize drawing for a customized tote bag will take place on August 1, 2023. Only one prize per person will be awarded. Submitted photos become the property of the Bettendorf Public Library and may be used for publicity. Find Your Voice –... Read More

Summer is on our doorstep and the Bettendorf Public Library is set to celebrate with the return of its wildly popular Summer Concert Series. The eleven-week series starts on June 1st and takes place each Thursday night at 6:30 PM at Faye’s Field located at 2850 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. Attendees are encouraged to bring along food and drink to this program. In the case of inclement weather, concerts will be held inside the Bettendorf Public Library which is next to Faye’s Field. The Summer Concert Series band line up Is as follows: 6/29 – Tailfins 7/6 – Angela Meyer Band 7/13... Read More

The theme for this summer at the Bettendorf Public Library is “Find Your Voice.” On Tuesday, June 20th at 6:30 PM the Library is teaming up with NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley to offer a journaling workshop in expressing one’s voice in support of personal mental health. Journaling for Mental Health will be held at the Bettendorf Public Library located at 2950 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. The workshop for adults will be taught by author and publisher Jodie Toohey along with NAMI staff and offer tips and inspiration for journaling. Registration is required and can be made... Read More

Time is the only thing you can spend once. As we go into Father’s Day weekend, that’s something to definitely remember. Being a father, bringing another life into the world, is an amazing experience and responsibility, and it gives you a blessing in time to spend with a person who will always be a part of your life, and who is beholden to you for helping to shape them as a person. You can literally make the world a better place by making the time and effort to make your children better people. To be there for them. To enjoy your time with them. To be a parent and friend to help guide... Read More

Summer is on our doorstep and the Bettendorf Public Library is set to celebrate with the return of its wildly popular Summer Concert Series. The eleven-week series starts on June 1st and takes place each Thursday night at 6:30 PM at Faye’s Field located at 2850 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. Attendees are encouraged to bring along food and drink to this program. In the case of inclement weather, concerts will be held inside the Bettendorf Public Library which is next to Faye’s Field. The Summer Concert Series band line up Is as follows: 6/15 – Douglas & Tucker 6/22 – Troy Rangel... Read More

Summer is on our doorstep and the Bettendorf Public Library is set to celebrate with the return of its wildly popular Summer Concert Series. The eleven-week series starts on June 1st and takes place each Thursday night at 6:30 PM at Faye’s Field located at 2850 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf. Attendees are encouraged to bring along food and drink to this program. In the case of inclement weather, concerts will be held inside the Bettendorf Public Library which is next to Faye’s Field. The Summer Concert Series band line up Is as follows: 6/8 – 10 of Soul 6/15 – Douglas & Tucker 6/22... Read More

Looking for some fun things to do in Illinois and Iowa this week? In the Quad-Cities? Check out our Fun10! Fun10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, only on your site for fun, free, local entertainment, QuadCities.com! Every week, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. So what’s on the Fun10... Read More

The City of Bettendorf is honoring its history while also breaking ground on an exciting future development: THE LANDING GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY On Friday, June 2nd at 9am, the City is going to kick off its day-long 120th Birthday Community Celebration with a Groundbreaking Ceremony at The Landing (www.bettendorf.org/TheLanding), located at the corner of 23rd Street and Middle Road. The event will include remarks by Bettendorf Mayor Bob Gallagher, YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley Board Chair Mo Hyder, RDG Planning & Design, and General Constructors, Inc. (GCI) – which was chosen by Bettendorf... Read More