Cookies and Dreams will be losing their mask mandate for customers, but keeping it for employees Author: Maggie Wedlake (WQAD) Updated: 10:44 PM CDT May 20, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa With Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds new mask law, masks cannot be required across the state. Still, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce says private businesses get to make the decision themselves on whether or not to continue requiring masks within their stores.
Cookies and Dreams in Downtown Davenport won’t be requiring customers to wear masks inside any longer. Staff however will continue to wear masks. Evan Thomas work the front counter of the cookie shop.
Bison roaming a bridge over the Mississippi River? ‘Crazy’ idea for national park gains momentum
Updated May 02, 2021;
Posted May 02, 2021
The Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois can be seen Monday, April 12, 2021, in Le Claire, Iowa. Chad Pregracke, an environmentalist whose Living Lands & Water operation has been cleaning up the Mississippi River for years, has a plan for the existing bridge if a new bridge is constructed to replace it elsewhere over the river. The Bison Bridge would take the current bridge connecting Iowa to Illinois, which is scheduled to be replaced, and transform it into grazing habitat for bison with 50 acres in each state. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS)TNS
A plan to convert the Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River into a 100-acre national park where bison would roam between Illinois and Iowa near the Quad Cities is gaining momentum. Dubbed the Bison Bridge, the project is driven by the fact that the current I-80 bridge has been deemed obsolete and in likely need of replacement.
The Bi-State Regional Commission wants a trail in that area. Author: Jonathan Ketz Updated: 10:30 AM CDT April 26, 2021
MOLINE, Ill. You may be able to walk or bike under I-74 near John Deere Road in the future.
The project is part of a long range plan from the Bi-State Regional Commission. The group s executive director, Denise Bulat, talked with members of the Quad Cities Chamber Friday, April 23rd.
She says money from the Illinois Department of Transportation has not been set aside set for construction, but she says community leaders in the city are looking forward to the work. It ll actually provide for pedestrian access across I-74, Bulat said Friday. The city of Moline is looking anxiously to that because they really want to make 19th Street a multi-modal corridor.