The following guest column is from Ezra Sidran, who has done intensive investigative reporting on the City of Davenport, in particular regarding the collapse of the Davenport building downtown. In Greek mythology Cassandra was cursed, “to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In contemporary usage, her name is employed as a rhetorical device […]

April is National Heartworm Awareness Month! Did you know that one mosquito bite could put your dog’s life at risk? Here’s how heartworm disease happens: A mosquito bites an infected dog and picks up tiny worms (microfilaria). The worms develop inside the mosquito and are passed to another dog through a bite. Over time, the […]

(Editor’s note: QuadCities.com is proud to publish this guest editorial by Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl, whose parents grew up in Davenport. Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, former vice president Joe Biden will visit Iowa Friday, though further details were not yet available. According to his campaign, he plans to discuss “bringing Americans together to […]