Author: Nick Green

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Gunfire sent Davenport shoppers scattering on the busiest holiday shopping weekend of the year. Davenport police say two groups of people were arguing just before noon Sunday at NorthPark Mall when one person pulled a gun and fired at least two shots. No one was reported hit and everyone involved and nearby fled. Police and Scott County Sheriff’s deputies responded, shut down a section of the mall and found multiple shell casings. No arrests were made and NorthPark, once the largest mall in Iowa, has fully reopened

DAVENPORT, Iowa — For nine months, Michelle Gibson Lake has watched patients suffer and die from COVID-19. She does everything she can for them as a nurse in the intensive care unit. But sometimes the virus wins. “People ask me, ‘Is it as bad as they say?’ Yes. Yes, it’s terrible,” she tells them. Especially now, as a new surge of cases is overwhelming the healthcare system in the Quad Cities. Michelle says the message of frontline workers isn’t getting out there. She agreed to an interview with News 8 to share what she thinks are the problems within the…

DAVENPORT – Pandemic restrictions are putting many businesses in a bind. Mike Roseman, the owner of a Davenport and Muscatine bowling alley, has had to shut both of them down because of new mitigations in Iowa. In a recent proclamation by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, league play is no longer allowed. League play counts for 90% of business for bowling alleys and because of that most have had to close down. “We basically have leagues out here seven days a week. Today I would have had 80 this morning for junior bowlers and then about another shift of about 80…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Davenport police were searching Friday night for a wounded person from a rolling shootout that occurred on East 10th Street between Farnam Street and Grand Avenue at 4:42 p.m. Friday. Police located 18 shell casings of at least two different calibers scattered along East 10th Street. A vehicle, a rented Nissan Altima, which had been struck multiple times on the driver’s side was found parked on the basketball court of LeClaire Heights Park. Blood was found on the driver’s seat and the passenger side seat where the driver got out of the car and then fled the…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A Davenport church isn’t letting the pandemic stop them from helping to feed the hungry on Thanksgiving day. As it has done for decades now– St. Anthony Church in handed out turkey dinners on Thanksgiving, but a little different in years past. People picked up their turkey, and all the fixings in a to- go style event. “At one point and time, people would come in to the Parish Center to eat together. Because of the pandemic, we had to go through this, although the McAnthony window has been here for many years,” says Father Rudolph Juraez,…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Despite financial shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Davenport “is in a strong and stable financial position” and continues on that track five months into the budget year that began July 1, city finance and human resources director Mallory Merritt said. City leaders have been able to avoid large-scale reductions in staffing and service delivery and maintain a high credit rating. However, Davenport Mayor Mike Matson on Thursday decried the lack of direct aid included an emerging $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package in Congress as “irresponsible.” “I have talked to our senators, congress people and…

DAVENPORT – Davenport Mayor Mike Matson is addressing recent gun violence in the area. On Sunday morning, a 19-year-old man was killed in a shooting. Later that same day, a mother of five died after getting shot at Chuck E. Cheese. Mayor Matson says police are working to address these cases and overall concerns about gun violence. “Davenport is safe,” Mayor Matson said. “We are not and have not been sitting on our hands. Our police department and our city administration has been looking at and evaluating and adjusting resources as needed. And we have been doing that.” The Davenport Police Department has responded…

Iowa – Fareway Stores, Inc. recently announced a second donation in the amount of $200,000 to the Iowa Association of Chambers of Commerce (IACC). The donation provided for up to $2,000 in gift cards to IACC chamber of commerce members in the communities Fareway serves. The Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce received $2,000 in gift cards, which were distributed to local small businesses and their employees. “We are excited to continue our support of small businesses and their employees during this holiday season,” said Fareway President and CEO Reynolds W. Cramer. “As small businesses continue to face challenges, we…