Author: Nick Green

Iowa – Just because the weather is getting colder doesn’t mean you have to be stuck indoors! The Hawkeye State’s largest park offers a stunning scenic winter hike in Iowa. Visit Lake Macbride to enjoy some peace, quiet and brisk fresh air. We’re aware that these uncertain times are limiting many aspects of life. While we continue to feature destinations that make our state wonderful, please take proper precautions or add them to your bucket list to see at a later date. If you know of a local business that could use some extra support during these times, please nominate…

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A Davenport man is facing charges for a shooting at Kimberly Mart last week. Carlos Maxfield, 25, allegedly shot two bullets out of a car parked at Kimberly Mart, 1714 East Kimberly Road, just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, according to a Davenport Police Department affidavit. Gunfire hit a victim’s driver’s door and rear driver’s door, the affidavit said. Maxfield is being held without bond and is facing assault with a deadly weapon charges, control of a firearm by a domestic abuse offender, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and escape/absence of custody.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Now that winter has started, additional beds are available for the homeless in the Quad Cities. Each year about December first, local agencies expect more people to need a warm place to sleep. Christie Adamson, Assistant Director of Humility Homes and Services, says in past winters they’ve hosted an additional 60 to 70 people per night, in addition to the regular residents of the shelter. But with the pandemic, they’re expecting as many as 100 more people each night. “So for a lot of people that maybe have lower incomes, lower wage jobs, that were eliminated  because…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Acooking fire caused a brief evacuation of an apartment complex in the early morning hours Friday. The Davenport Fire Department responded to an emergency call at 1:32 a.m. Friday and were dispatched to a three-story apartment complex in the 2300 block of Emerald Drive. When crews arrived on scene, they found smoke in the northwest corner of the complex. Crews were able to enter the apartment and quickly extinguished the fire. Crews evacuated the upper floors of the complex due to light smoke conditions. The occupant of the apartment where the fire started was checked by emergency…

DAVENPORT, IOWA –  Governor J.B. Pritzker and the director of the state health department Dr. Ngozi Ezike were in attendance. During the daily briefing, Dr. Ezike said she wanted to dispel rumors circulating about the vaccine, saying: the vaccine does not contain a tracking chip, there’s no evidence to show it causes infertility, and the vaccine will not result in you getting COVID-19. In regards to the vaccine, Governor Pritzker previously said “we are seeing the beginning of the end of this pandemic.” Given the FDA’s positive initial review of the Moderna vaccine, Governor Pritzker said vaccine shipments in the…

DAVENPORT, Iowa -Hy-Vee is introducing an automated cleaning system that fully cleans and sanitizes shopping carts after every use. By mid-November, more than 200 Hy-Vee stores across its eight-state region will have a Sterile Cart system in operation. Hy-Vee is the first grocery chain to implement the fully automated sanitization system across its company. Dawn Buzynski, of Hy-Vee, joins PSL to talk about the system, it’s introduction, and which stores Quad Citians can find this system in operation first. A fun example is to think of an automated mini-car wash system as a way to sterilize grocery carts. The first three…

Iowa – The speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives says House Republicans are prioritizing keeping the state budget in check, expanding child care access, and giving families more choice in education during the 2021 legislative session. House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, said the House GOP is discussing potentially using some of the state’s $305 million budget surplus for pandemic-related relief. Some Democrats have criticized Republican leaders for relying almost entirely on the federal government to pay for assistance for Iowans, and are calling on them to spend the surplus and some of the $770 million in reserves. Grassley said House…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Four juveniles were charged with theft after an early morning crash of a stolen vehicle in Davenport. It happened around 12:28 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Locust and Harrison Street. Police say a stolen SUV was reported to be driving recklessly eastbound on Locust Street and struck two vehicles at the intersection and continued to the Locust and Main Street area, where several juveniles ran from the vehicle. All four juveniles were charged with vehicle theft and interference.