Bettendorf

The Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative—a grouping of 15 ports and local governments along the Illinois River joining together for collective action and mutual support—held its inaugural meeting in… Read More

The Quad Cities region is eagerly awaiting the final opening of a project that has taken four and a half years to complete: the I-74 highway bridge over the… Read More

The new bridge carrying Interstate 74 over the Mississippi River between Moline, Ill., and Bettendorf, Iowa, opened four westbound lanes of traffic November 13. Construction began on the $1.2… Read More

The revenues of Mississippi River towns and cities, many dependent on tourism or seasonal events, have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic and its resurgence in recent… Read More

Robert Sinkler, who has been leading the charge to have ports in the greater Quad Cities region statistically merged into a single port district, says a final decision from… Read More