The Bettendorf Park Board is considering making a policy about tattoos, piercings and attire for patrons and staff that can be displayed at city facilities.

While the Davenport City Council has approved layoffs and an

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Even though the Class 3A wrestling district at Bettendorf is arguably one of the toughest in the state, Robert Struthers is still hopeful for his wrestlers.

After a day-long budget workshop Saturday, the Bettendorf City Council appeared ready to reject a staff recommendation to lower the city’s property tax rate by 10 cents.

Times are tight whether you're running a household or a city. While some cities are having to raise taxes to keep up with services others are ready to cut taxes.

A Bettendorf woman requested that Discovery Communications cancel the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000, otherwise she would release photos of a cast member in "apparently intimate situations" with a musician, an affidavit unsealed this week states.

A proposed Bettendorf ordinance would clear up a discrepancy in the city code about the amount of the license fee for transient merchants and create tighter restrictions on door-to-door-type sales.

After a public hearing that ran more than 2 1/2 hours and featured about 18 speakers, the Bettendorf City Council voted Tuesday to table a proposed Middle Road trail project until March 20 to further study the plan.

Looking for a way to help her freshman English students relate to stories about isolation, discrimination and oppression, a Bettendorf High School teacher asked students to put themselves in the shoes of people they know who had suffered at the hands of others.

A team of students from the Bettendorf Community School District took home the top award from the state Lego robotics competition last weekend in Ames.