Bettendorf and YMCA leaders are talking about the possibility the Y could take over the Life Fitness Center in exchange for money for a new city swimming pool.

Riverside Grille's owner will buy the former Ascentra Credit Union in downtown Bettendorf and convert it into a restaurant with outdoor seating.

To this day, Pokora enjoys stopping by the Bettendorf Dairy Queen on 18th Street, where he thinks about Medd. A machine in that location commemorates the invention.