Drake University President Dr. Marty Martin issued strong message of support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in March 3 email to faculty and students. A great strength of Drake ...

Bettendorf's newest park – Forest Grove – will finally welcome visitors sometime late this summer with the opening of a small "Community Corner" consisting of a picnic shelter, restrooms, a children's ...

The Bettendorf City Council last month approved a succession plan for its city administrator without knowing when the transition would occur. The week before Christmas, Bettendorf City Council members ...

Lee Enterprises, Inc. – owner of the Quad City Times and Daily Dispatch-Argus newspapers – lost $12.6 million in its second quarter and reported it obtained waivers to avoid having to make payments in ...

by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 26, 2024 A large eastern Iowa facility that makes ketchup and other condiments failed for more than two years to monitor contaminants in the more than 1 ...

by Kathie Obradovich, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 28, 2025 Gov. Kim Reynolds’ lawsuit against the Des Moines Register is both unusual and dangerous for open government in Iowa. Reynolds announced last ...

The City of Bettendorf recently negotiated a complicated agreement with sports complex developers over a six-month period, but did so without even a single email or written document shared with city ...

Lee Enterprises, Inc. maintains its transition from a print to digital revenue platform is succeeding, but the Davenport-based media company's overall revenues and earnings continue to slide. The ...

by Robert Leonard and Andrew Green, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 18, 2024 The election of South Dakota’s Senator John Thune as Senate majority leader is one of the few bright spots for our democracy ...

We are in the home stretch of another presidential campaign, and it is important for voters to be alert for the unintended consequences of candidates’ promises. Office-seekers and their supporters ...

A federal judge has again temporarily blocked portions of an Iowa law aimed at restricting schools’ recognition of LGBTQ+ people and banning books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content. Lee Enterprises, Inc. ...

An India online media company, Quint Digital Limited of Delhi, has purchased a 10 percent stake in Lee Enterprises, Inc., owner of the Quad City Times, the Dispatch/Argus and more than 70 other media ...