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Davenport City Council faces racial controversy over Alderman’s treatment | #citycouncil

Claims of racist remarks from a Davenport City Council member was drawing a crowd outside City Hall before the meeting. This is the first meeting since the controversy went public. About a dozen people showed up before the meeting outside holding signs as a show of support for Alderman Tim Kelly. Kelly made a comment […]

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Ousted Davenport alderman sues city, mayor, council

Derek Cornette, the former 7th Ward alderman of Davenport, is suing the city, the mayor, and the City Council, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. In the suit, Cornette claims he was illegally removed from office. Davenport Alderman Derek Cornette (OurQuadCities.com) Cornette and his attorney appeared in front of Davenport City Hall on Friday afternoon […]

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Tampico to welcome British mayor Friday at Reagan birthplace

Representatives from the Ronald Reagan Birthplace Museum and Mayor Kristine Hill of Tampico, Illinois, will welcome Mayor Graham Jeal, of former U. K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s birth town, Grantham, England. The Reagan Birthplace will hold a ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday to mark the recent announcementthat the two towns and museums have created a […]

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Davenport mayor: Now is the time to convert 3rd and 4th streets to two-way traffic

Mike Matson doesn’t understand the argument against it We’re back with Davenport Mayor Mike Matson. It seems like the city is on course to finalize the conversion of 3rd and 4th streets downtown from their current one-way directions to become two-way streets. We know the business interests with the Downtown Davenport Partnership is the driving […]

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Mayor, 4th ward alderman set public-input meeting for Monday

Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati and 4th Ward Ald. Matt Timion will host a ward meeting on Monday, Sept. 19 in the Fellowship Room of the First Congregational Church, 2201 7th Ave. from 6-7 p.m. They seek public input from 4th Ward residents on several development-related topics, including the creation of a skate park/pump track in […]

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Putnam VP to become CEO of new U.S. Marshals Museum in Arkansas

Ben Johnson, a vice president of Davenport’s Putnam Museum & Science Center, will become new president/CEO of the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. Ark., effective Aug. 22. Johnson brings more than 20 years of experience in museum operations to the job, and has been in the newly-created Putnam position (vice president of museum experiences) […]

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Rock Island Mayor Thoms stresses importance of community to stop gun violence

Recent shootings garner attention from city leaders Thanks for checking out this web extra from Jim Niedelman’s conversation with Rock Island Mayor Mike Thoms. We ran out of time on “4 the Record” to bring you all of the conversation. This segment stays focused on gun violence, and specifically prevention from a law-enforcement perspective. “The […]

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