Author: Nick Green

Iowa — The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is raising awareness for its ‘Tree of Life’ campaign. It aims to help homeless pets, especially with the holiday season.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A husband and wife in Davenport are shaken after a hateful message showed up on their driveway. Michael and Starr Doak picked up a rolled-up paper to find a disturbing note targeting African-Americans. Michael Doak was taking a walk Thursday when he found something odd in his driveway. “I was just kind of wondering out around back, and I found this propaganda material laying in the driveway,” he said. “It was very, very racist. It disturbed me, and made me very angry.” Doak has been marred to his wife, Starr, for 11 years. Starr is a military…

DAVENPORT, Iowa – With COVID spiking in our community on top of the usual flu season, we need to do all the recommended things to prevent spread. Additionally, there are food choices that can help boost our immune systems to prevent or fight off infections. Dr. Linda Jager, Functional Medicine Physician of Iowa Cancer Specialists in Davenport, and nutritionist, Dr. Teresa Pangan are PSL guests to would like to share how foods can either be an enemy or ally to our immune system. In this segment, the emphasis is on the healthful, soothing, immune-boosting benefits of chicken soup. Today’s feature is no run-of-the-mill soup!! It’s…

Iowa – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is trying to calm fears over a reduction in the first round of COVID-19 vaccine allocated to the state. Last week, the federal government notified several states, including Iowa, that vaccine allocations would be reduced by 30% from the original projections. Despite widespread concern that Iowa would not meet immediate needs for health care workers, Reynolds says the state attempted to find a way to vaccinate priority groups. The governor says Iowa Department of Public Health officials were in close contact with the feds to determine how the state’s allocations would change, and the…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – After police found meth, heroin and cocaine in her car, a Davenport woman was in custody Wednesday to face felony charges. Chelsey Lira, 30, was in Scott County Jail to face felony charges that include control of a firearm by a domestic-abuse offender, failure to have a drug-tax stamp, four counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of unlawful possession of a prescription drug and possession with intent to deliver. The Davenport Police Department’s Narcotics Unit conducted a drug investigation Tuesday involving Lira, and made contact with her in the 1400 block of West Locust…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – The Salvation Army QCA is reporting the donations its received so far in its 2020 red kettle campaign. The Moline kettle has raised $49,228 of its $145,000 goal, and the Davenport kettle has brought in $77,771 of its $171,000 goal. These numbers make for a total of $126,999, which is right around 40% of the total donation goal of $316,000 between the two locations. These amount are combined figures from in-person and online donations.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – A Davenport woman was arrested Monday and charged with multiple acts of child endangerment after investigators determined her 2-year-old child suffered a perforated bowel and several rib fractures earlier this year. Taylor Rae Moss, 25, was booked into the Scott County Jail on a count of child endangerment-multiple acts. The Class B felony is punishable by up to 25 years in prison. Bond was set Monday morning at $50,000, and Moss is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Dec. 17. The case unfolded July 12 after the Davenport Police Department started an investigation involving an unresponsive 2-year-old child…

DAVENPORT, Iowa – More than one third of registered voters have already voted, by mail or early, in the 2020 General Election. According to information from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office, over 685,000 ballots have already been returned to county auditors in the state. In Illinois, records are being broke as well with over 2.6 million ballots returned. “That’s almost evenly split between 1.3 million votes cast by mail and 1.3 million cast at early voting locations,” Matt Dietrich, Public Information Officer for the Illinois State Board of Elections, said. In 2016, official numbers in the state of Illinois…