DES MOINES - Thousands of Iowa students will pick up their No. 2
pencils to fill in tiny circles this month in a school-year ritual
that might be as foreign to their children as desktop inkwells were
Due to a scheduling conflict, the master class with Robert
Belinic, guest artist with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, is
cancelled. The class was scheduled for 11 a.m. Feb. 11 at the River
Music Exp
Despite being virtually bed-ridden for the past 14 months, his
body ravaged by cancer, Christopher Tad Agnew proved he was tough
to the end, possessing a spirit and a will known only to fictional
hero
Quad-City political, community and business leaders reached
across the aisle, the Mississippi River and around the region
Saturday to show their support for protecting the future of the
Rock Island Ar
OTTER CREEK, Iowa — Four ambulances took five people to a
Dubuque hospital Friday night after their vehicle slid off an icy
highway, crashed into a utility pole and a fence.
Culminating a courageous years-long fight with Stage IV
melanoma, Bettendorf resident Christopher Tad Agnew passed away
Saturday morning in the company of his family. He was 33.
We're sure that when the Davenport Parks and Recreation
Department organized the first Wendy's Chili Golf Open 22 years
ago, they weren't thinking about the wannabe-winter that 2011-12
has brought the
ORCHARD, Iowa - Daniel Zimmerman, father of Matthew Zimmerman,
the Mennonite teen who was found guilty of violating the steel
wheels ordinance, was working at Stillwater Greenhouse, his
business near
Friday's decision by the Susan G. Komen breast cancer advocacy
organization to reverse a decision that cuts funding to Planned
Parenthood is being shared with the nation's 122 affiliates,
including th
Once a year for the past decade, the kitchen at the Augustana
College Center becomes a warring mess of smells from spices,
sauces, meats and piles of brightly colored food, each representing
one of se
DES MOINES - The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Mitchell
County's steel wheels ordinance violated a Mennonite's religious
rights under federal law.
TIPTON, Iowa - Cedar County elected officials, department heads
and non-union hourly workers will all receive 3 percent salary
increases, the Cedar County Board of Supervisors has decided.
Some church-affiliated institutions in the Quad-City area might
have a difficult choice to make about health insurance coverage for
their employees after a federal guidelines change that caused Roman
An effort to blend social work outreach with a true sense of
spirituality is behind a conference planned at St. Ambrose
University’s Rogalski Center, Davenport.
Grace United Methodist Church, 2651 Telegraph Road, Davenport,
hosts a free clothing closet from 6-7 p.m. every Wednesday and
9:30-11 a.m. every Saturday, weather permitting. The church also
will prov
Christian Care will host a trivia night Friday, March 23, at The
Rock, 302 1st St., Coal Valley. Doors will open at 6 p.m., with
games at 7 p.m. The cost is $10 per person, eight individuals per
team.
As area political leaders begin the work of shielding the Rock
Island Arsenal against future military budget cuts, FEMA, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced Friday that it would
place i
This week marked the passing of former Rock Island wrestling
coach Walt Gerber, who was 76. He was described as "a hard-nosed
guy" and "super-intense with a huge heart" by current
Five years into hosting teams from all over the place, West
Carroll boys basketball coach Josh Knuth was again pleased with
Saturday's Manny's Pizza Shootout in Mount Carroll, which drew boys
and girl
Megan Salyars of DeWitt won a world championship and broke some
of her own American Powerlifting Committee records last weekend at
the Global Powerlifting Alliance Raw World Powerlifting and Bench
Pre
Rock Island High School principal Tim Wernentin was "extremely
pleased" with the quality of applicants the district received to be
Bob Swanson's successor as athletic director.
First-year girls swimming coach Grant Bramer stepped up Rock
Island's practice to two-a-days with school out for fall break
heading into last Saturday's United Township Invitational.
Saturday’s win at the Anamosa Invitation was nice, but the
Assumption girls cross country team’s Tuesday victory at the Iowa
City West Invitational was flat-out impressive.
The regional seedings and pairings for Illinois boys state
soccer will be revealed Thursday, but for half of the Western Big
Six Conference, there isn't much mystery to the announcement.
"I think that just by us going on with our lives and playing
these games, we can show them they can do they want to us, but they
can't affect us." - Moline Maroon Marcus Hudetz before playin
If preseason rankings are to be believed, the Mississippi
Athletic Conference's top volleyball teams have some work to do to
be considered among the state's best.
While open enrollment primarily has impacted the flow of
athletic talent between schools in boys sports, there are instances
of female athletes taking advantage of it.
Desperately attempting to rebuild the Davenport North girls
basketball program from the ground up, Richard Uthoff makes no
secret of strategies he used previously at Waterloo East and
continues to emp
Please join the Times Editorial Board members for our public
endorsement interviews with Davenport 5th Ward candidates Sheilia
Burrage and Jane Duax, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Davenport Library
Eastern
Dallying in Congress and reckless speculating on Wall Street
seem determined to drag down an American economy that, we’re
convinced, doesn’t have to sink.
Few of those reading today's paper will ever need to contact
HELP Legal Aid in Scott County. Count yourself lucky. Our
subscribers largely are working homeowners who hire their own
attorneys if faced
SPRINGFIELD - The school year that's coming to an end saw 20
schools or districts around the state close for a period of time
because of H1N1 flu fears.
The Iowa Pharmacy Board hearings introduced Iowans to dozens of people who would absolutely get proven relief from chronic conditions if marijuana were available as medicine. Now it’s up to the legisl
Local governments make lousy landlords for their employees. No
matter how good the intentions, no matter how fair the deal
appears, things typically go awry when a city, county or school
district prov
They come from different states and preside over different
legislative bodies. But Iowa’s House majority leader and the
Illinois Senate president in separate interviews agreed on a
critical point: Now
Converting Thomson Correctional Center into a federal prison is
the right decision for America, the right decision for Illinois and
the right decision for Carroll County.
Ed Froehlich is honored in bronze, a metal no tougher than the
man who elevated a local race into a national phenomenon.
Froehlich's statue joins the other Quad-City Times Bix 7 stalwarts
at the 4th S
At the request of the White House, Georgetown University covered
up all the symbols in Gaston Hall, before the Great Man spoke,
including IHS, the millennia-old monogram for the name of Jesus
Christ.
I’ve always loved road trips. Growing up in West Davenport
within earshot of Interstate 280 traffic, I had travel engraved
into my soul and my character.
I am responding to Charles Milnes’ comment in his Nov. 19
letter, “Election results ground Honor Flight vet,” about the
values of the people no longer being what they were when he was
growing up. He s
Sweeping their bitterest rival really can’t take the sting
of this year’s post-Super Bowl stupor, but the Chicago Bears were
looking forward, not backward, when they put a wrench in Green
Bay
The food service worker leans down, his hands poised to pull up
the metal accordion-style door.
Despite being virtually bed-ridden for the past 14 months, his
body ravaged by cancer, Christopher Tad Agnew proved he was tough
to the end, possessing a spirit and a will known only to fictional
hero
The golf balls were flying and the chili was flowing. All that
was missing was the snow.
Quad-City political, community and business leaders reached
across the aisle, the Mississippi River and around the region
Saturday to show their support for protecting the future of the
Rock Island Ar
Culminating a courageous years-long fight with Stage IV
melanoma, Bettendorf resident Christopher Tad Agnew passed away
Saturday morning in the company of his family. He was 33.
Once a year for the past decade, the kitchen at the Augustana
College Center becomes a warring mess of smells from spices,
sauces, meats and piles of brightly colored food, each representing
one of se
DES MOINES - The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Mitchell
County's steel wheels ordinance violated a Mennonite's religious
rights under federal law.
As area political leaders begin the work of shielding the Rock
Island Arsenal against future military budget cuts, FEMA, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced Friday that it would
place i
Iowa's football program will be starting with a clean slate in
2012.
The jubilant celebration is recognizable, as is the dejection of
a foul.
The search has begun.
The Alleman junior golfer is averaging 39 on nine holes
after adjusting away from his baseball swing.
"I think that just by us going on with our lives and playing
these games, we can show them they can do they want to us, but they
can't affect us." - Moline Maroon Marcus Hudetz before playin
It’s finally ready, and it’s free.
The successes and failures of college sports teams hinge upon a
central principle that generally remains untouched in the high
school ranks.
While open enrollment primarily has impacted the flow of
athletic talent between schools in boys sports, there are instances
of female athletes taking advantage of it.
Desperately attempting to rebuild the Davenport North girls
basketball program from the ground up, Richard Uthoff makes no
secret of strategies he used previously at Waterloo East and
continues to emp
James Lerch verbally kicked himself when we called in response
to the accompanying letters about his flag.
Dan Holst’s beliefs are the culmination of his experiences as a
Christian, soldier, student and native Quad-Citian.
The Iowa Pharmacy Board hearings introduced Iowans to dozens of people who would absolutely get proven relief from chronic conditions if marijuana were available as medicine. Now it’s up to the legisl
Local governments make lousy landlords for their employees. No
matter how good the intentions, no matter how fair the deal
appears, things typically go awry when a city, county or school
district prov
Ed Froehlich is honored in bronze, a metal no tougher than the
man who elevated a local race into a national phenomenon.
Froehlich's statue joins the other Quad-City Times Bix 7 stalwarts
at the 4th S