Members of the Latino community and their supporters rallied in Davenport against a new law in Iowa. Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 2340 into law last month. It classifies being an undocumented immigrant as an aggravated misdemeanor. People at the rally call the legislation unconstitutional and say it goes against American values. Republicans behind […]
Some elementary school students in Davenport will be seeing things differently now, thanks to new eyeglasses. Members of the Vision To Learn program marked the end of its first school year with a glasses celebration at Fillmore Elementary School. A partnership between United Way Quad Cities and Vision To Learn provided eye exams and glasses […]
A controversial Iowa immigration law is the topic of candlelight vigils across four major cities in Iowa, including Davenport, on Wednesday, May 1. In a concerted display of unity, resilience and resistance, the Latinx Immigrants of Iowa, Escucha Mi Voz, Forward Latino, LULAC Iowa, Obreros Católicos, Iglesia Reina de la Paz de Waterloo Iowa, and […]
A worker at a Davenport home for people with disabilities cannot collect jobless benefits after being fired for abusing and stealing from the home’s residents, a judge has ruled. State records indicate Tavita Smith-Williams, 56, of Bettendorf, was employed by REM Iowa Community Services of Davenport as a full-time direct support professional from 2020 until […] The post Judge: Iowa woman stole from and abused her disabled clients appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
A Davenport man is in the Scott County Jail after he was arrested after a shooting in Davenport yesterday Davenport Police Officers responded to the 1400 block of West Fourth Street for a report of shots fired on April 30 at about 10:37 p.m. According to the criminal complaint, Danny Young, 59, and another person […]