Author: Nick Green

DAVENPORT – The city of Davenport launched its Small Business Resiliency Project to assist small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 on Oct. 1. The deadline to apply was Oct. 30. A total of 42 Davenport businesses requested assistance, and a review of the applications was still ongoing, said city Community and Economic Development Director Bruce Berger. As of Friday, 10 businesses had been notified that they will receive assistance, Berger said. Other businesses, he said, were in the process of submitting additional documentation. “We do hope to offer another opportunity for assistance sometime after the first of the year,” Berger…

Iowa – After suffering a loss to the No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Saturday, the Iowa men’s basketball team rebounded with a 70-55 win over Purdue to open up Big Ten Conference play Tuesday night. Despite missing out on an opportunity to defeat the No. 1 team in the AP Poll on a national stage, the Hawkeyes showed no signs of hangover after the big game. “We’re a veteran team,” reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Luka Garza said. “We know what it’s like to take a loss and have…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A 28-year-old suspect in a gunfire incident gunfire earlier this month in Davenport has pleaded not guilty. Elijawohn Litt faces charges of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and felon in possession of a firearm. He was being held Saturday on $35,000 total bond in Scott County Jail after he pleaded not guilty Friday in Scott County Court, Shortly before 2:30 a.m. Davenport police responded to the area of Locust Street and Esplanade Avenue for multiple calls about gunfire, the arrest affidavit says. Police say Litt fired a .40-caliber handgun at least eight times at a victim “with…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Iowa’s cultural institutions — museums, music venues, theaters and arts councils — have lost a combined total of at least $46.4 million in income since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a news release Tuesday from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. In response, the department also announced on Tuesday the awarding of $7 million in grants to a total of 267 organizations, including 20 in the Quad-City region to make up for lost income. The funding came from the CARES (Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. In Davenport, the top four recipients were the Putnam Museum and…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Iowa’s cultural institutions — museums, music venues, theaters and arts councils — have lost a combined total of at least $46.4 million in income since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a news release Tuesday from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. In response, the department also announced on Tuesday the awarding of $7 million in grants to a total of 267 organizations, including 20 in the Quad-City region to make up for lost income. The funding came from the CARES (Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. In Davenport, the top four recipients were the Putnam Museum and…

DAVENPORT, Iowa – School closures, working remotely, physical distancing— it’s a lot to navigate for anyone, but especially for parents. As we all know, parenting is challenging in the best of times, but the pandemic has taken the difficulties faced to a whole new level. And much of the difficulty has to do with simply how the children are coping emotionally. Lindsay Malloy, PhD, of Pandemic-Parent.org joins PSL to talk about these stresses and strains complicated by the holiday season and so much more. Watch the segment to appreciate some of the advice, tips, and further insight to be found at the…

DAVENPORT – In a letter to parents and guardians, the Davenport Community School District announced it will return to hybrid learning starting Monday, Dec. 14. “It was always our district’s intent to return to the Hybrid Learning Model at the earliest possible date,” Interim Superintendent TJ Schneckloth said in the letter. Schneckloth says the decision was made based on the positivity rates in Scott County, as well as positivity and quarantine rates of students and staff. “We have the support of the Scott County Health Department to return on Monday,” he said. For the week of Dec. 14, Group A…

Iowa – In support of our mission and the continued national and local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, MercyOne Northeast Iowa received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday, and proudly began vaccinating health care colleagues with their first dose. MercyOne will continue voluntary vaccinations to frontline colleagues identified in Tier I and II in alignment with the CDC prioritization.