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Clinton woman gets 21 months in prison for fraud

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:09:05 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Clinton woman who ran an accounting business has been sentenced to 21 months in prison on charges that she embezzled $332,000 from a client.

Davenport man sentenced to 25 years in drug case

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:05:40 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Davenport man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute a cocaine substance.

Picker Fritz eager to help hometown of Davenport

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:27 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Make no mistake: Half of the "American Pickers" is from Davenport, Iowa - born and raised.

Minn. man gets probation for impeding prosecutor

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:35:59 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Minnesota man has been sentenced to one year of probation for obstructing a federal prosecutor in Iowa after his son was sent to prison in an animal terrorism case.

Dubuque students may miss planned trip to New York

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:13:22 -0400

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Dozens of students, parents and staff from a Dubuque high school are unsure what to do after a Cedar Rapids travel agency closed without making arrangements for a planned trip to New York despite about $30,000 in advance payments.

Iowa baby sitter accused of using belt on child

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:04:14 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - A 22-year-old Davenport woman has been accused of using a belt on a 10-year-old child she was baby-sitting.

MidAmerican seeks base rate increase for Iowa

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:19:44 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - MidAmerican Energy Co. is seeking permission from the Iowa Utilities Board to increase electricity rates, saying it's the first base-rate increase the utility has sought since 1995.

Davenport releases revised plan for I-80 casino

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:41:04 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - The latest plan from Davenport leaders to build a casino and hotel along Interstate 80 calls for the development to be owned privately, not by the city.

Group wants to commemorate Route 6 through Iowa

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:27:27 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - As a kid, Rex Brandstatter's parents would send him out of the house with one simple instruction.

Lee Enterprises refinances $94 million in debt

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:04:08 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Newspaper publishing company Lee Enterprises Inc. said on Tuesday that it has refinanced $94 million worth of debt with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., avoiding an interest rate increase that would have gone into effect next year.

Veterans hike Appalacian Trail as a chance to heal

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:22:06 -0400

WATERVILLE, N.C. - During their first full day on the Appalachian Trail, they hiked into a severe thunderstorm that brought hail and tornado warnings. Nighttime temperatures dipped into the teens, and as they crossed the Georgia-North Carolina line, they encountered snow drifts two feet deep.

Davenport man accused of having sex with children

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:47:17 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - A 34-year-old Davenport man has been charged with having sex with two children under the age of 10.

Iowa school district investigates alleged cheating

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:17:22 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Numerous instances of corrected answers on standardized test scores at an elementary school in Davenport led its school district to open an investigation into cheating allegations, but officials announced Wednesday they're not sure who was behind it.

Lee Enterprises posts smaller 2Q loss

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:07:28 -0400

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Lee Enterprises Inc., the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, reported a smaller loss for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday.

2 Iowa priests suspended due to molestation claims

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:24:49 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Two Catholic priests in eastern Iowa have been temporarily removed from the ministry during an investigation into allegations that they sexually molested children decades ago, the Diocese of Davenport said Monday.