Youth violence and racial tensions: the two main topics of Davenport s first Listening Session
The city s new monthly meetings are a chance for the public to voice their concerns and opinions on anything they want. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 11:12 PM CDT June 3, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa Davenport Mayor Mike Matson and City Administrator Corrin Spiegel hosted the first Listening Session on Thursday, June 3. The monthly meetings are a chance for the public to come and voice any concerns or opinions they have. Tell us what you want us to know. What you want us to hear, said Matson.
It was the first of at least five monthly sessions the city plans on hosting between now and October - each at different locations across Davenport.
Four different Quad City crews battle two early morning house fires
Between 1 and 3am, two separate house fires broke out in the Quad Cities - one in Davenport and one in East Moline. No one appears to have been injured in either. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 6:07 AM CDT May 12, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa Crews responded to two separate house fires in both Davenport and East Moline in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Witnesses from both locations tell News 8 there doesn t appear to have been any injuries at either incident.
The first call came in around 1am to a house fire on Gaines Street in Davenport, right across the street from Herington Park, near 9th Street.
Where you can drop off shoes to benefit organization empowering kids battling cancer
Project Outrun is turning shoes into cash for their campaign to get custom shoes to kids with Pediatric Cancer.
Credit: Shelby Kluver Author: Katrina Lamansky Updated: 3:50 PM CST January 29, 2021
BETTENDORF, Iowa When you outrun cancer, it helps to have the right shoes.
That s the philosophy of Project Outrun, which helps empower children battling Pediatric Cancer by providing them a custom-designed pair of shoes. Those shoes, which come from the Nike by You collection, cost about $100 per pair.
How they re raising money for these shoes
Project Outrun is collecting new and gently used shoes of any size and style to fund their custom shoe campaign.
One thousand doses were available on Tuesday morning to healthcare workers outside of hospital systems. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 5:14 PM CST January 12, 2021
MILAN, Ill. In the latest step in the battle against this pandemic, a drive-through vaccination clinic has opened in Rock Island County at the Greater Quad City Auto Auction in Milan. It s the first mass vaccination center in the county and it plans to run from 9am to 1pm nearly every Tuesday until vaccinations are no longer necessary.
The first group to receive the shots from the new clinic were healthcare workers outside of hospital systems, including school nurses, morticians, dentists, chiropractors, and more.