Author: Nick Green

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.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Davenport police were in the area of LeClaire and 11th and 12th streets, where a multi-vehicle accident happened about 4 p.m. Saturday. Police talked with neighbors, one of whom was visibly upset. Three vehicles apparently sustained damage in the crash, where Local 4 News was the only station at the scene. A car parked on the street sustained major damage to its back portion. We do not know whether anyone was injured or ticketed.

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Each day from sun up to sundown, you’ll find mail carriers like Mark Johnson delivering truckloads of packages. Johnson has been delivering for almost 27 years. With so many people ordering presents online this year, he says he’s been extremely busy. “I’d say it’s almost triple the packages,” says Johnson. “Every time you go out and pull up, plenty of packages.” Johnson has been working from six o’clock in the morning to eight-thirty at night seven days a week during what the United States Postal Service says is “a historic record of mail and package volume this…

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Police say a man has died after a crash involving a car and motorized bicycle in Davenport. At approximately 10:09 p.m. on Monday, Davenport police, Davenport Fire and Medic EMS responded to the 600 block of East 15th Street in reference to the head on crash. Preliminary information determined the car was traveling west bound on 15th Street when it was struck by a motorized bicycle traveling against traffic, the wrong way on the one way street. The bicyclist was identified as a 46-year-old man from Davenport. Police say he was transported to Genesis East Medical Center,…