Quad City Strikers Soccer Club is excited to announce the opportunity for our players to attend training sessions with coach Andrew Piotter again this fall. Andrew will be offering a program developed to build each players confidence with the ball and love for the game. Through targeted games and practices participants will not only increase their ability to manipulate the ball with their feet, they will also develop a positive relationship with the sport. All skills will be broken down into small achievable tasks, and all children will be encouraged to practice the target skills in-between training... Read More

The Bettendorf-Pleasant Valley Youth Baseball registration website is now open for the 2022 spring/summer season. To sign up, visit: https://active.leagueone.com/Olr/Pages/Welcome.aspx?ClubId=14196 More information is attached, available below or at BPVBaseball.com (https://bpv.teampages.com). Exact dates will be released soon for tryouts and evaluations, but those season-starting sessions typically are the final week of March after Spring Breaks. The general calendar always sets the first week of April to have teams set in all divisions so practices can start 3-4 weeks prior to games starting... Read More

Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, QuadCities.com! Bettendorf native Samantha Pauly landed the role of a lifetime – a real British queen, reflected as a modern rock star – but her opening night on Broadway was canceled by the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 18 months after that painful March 2020 Thursday night, the 31-year-old Pleasant Valley High alum will return with the same original cast of the new musical “Six,”... Read More

Run with Carl is celebrating 25 Years! That’s right, the annual Labor Day “Run with Carl” race is celebrating their 25th anniversary this Monday Sep 2 at Bettendorf Life Fitness Center (2222 Middle Road Bettendorf). The Run with Carl is the primary funding vehicle for the Carl D. Schillig Memorial Fund which supports college scholarships for graduating Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley High School students. The fun kicks off with the ½ Mile Fun Run at 7:30 a.m. with the 1 Mile Fun Run continuing at 7:45 a.m. Each of these fun runs are for children 12 and under only. 5-Mile Run will begin at... Read More

Pleasant Valley High School, home of International Thespian Troupe 856, Bettendorf, Iowa and Wahlert High School, home of International Thespian Troupe 3842, Dubuque, Iowa will be performing at the nation’s leading high school theatre festival, which is produced by the Educational Theatre Association. Pleasant Valley will be presenting Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Wahlert will be presenting [title of show]. (Complete list of schools and shows follows.) The International Thespian Festival, produced by the Educational Theatre Association, celebrates student achievement in the... Read More