Scott County News

Davenport public works director Dee Bruemmer and Scott County director of facility and support services Dave Donovan are finalists for the Scott County administrator position.

Red-winged blackbirds can fiercely attack humans by making screeching dive-bombing swoops.

It's so evident these hot days - we've forgotten how we once escaped the heat. I remembered how hot it was in the days before air conditioning one night this week when ours was on the blink.

The early morning storm which whipped its way through the Quad City area caused problems for thousands of people.

THE absolutely biggest thing to ever happen to little Argo, Iowa, isn't rating more than a yawn.

A 5-year-old girl kidnapped Friday in Davenport was reunited unharmed with her mother nearly two hours after the ordeal began, Davenport police Lt.

A Columbus Junction man remained in jail today on a $10,000 cash-only bond, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Office, following his arrest last week in Bettendorf.

Circumstances of the death of Ed Boesen began to emerge Wednesday, while those involved in his businesses were wondering what might lie ahead.

Area police are cracking down on crime. Dozens of officers converged at the base of the Centennial Bridge overnight, hoping to make the Quad Cities a safer place to live.

ADDISON HAWK IS BEING SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON. THE 16 YEAR OLD WAS CONVICTED IN JUNE IN SCOTT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT OF HOLDING A NURSE AGAINST HER WILL AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER LAST FEBRUARY.

Defrocked Davenport priest James Janssen is facing criminal charges. Scott County Attorney Mike Walton has filed three counts of perjury against Janssen.

A Florida man was killed this morning after his ex-wife stabbed him to death inside a Davenport shopping mall.

Second hand smoke can kill, but does Iowa's eight day old smoking ban go too far? Last January Illinois banned smoking indoors in public places, including casinos, bars and restaurants.

TWO PEOPLE FROM DAVENPORT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A MOTORCYCLE WRECK IN SCOTT COUNTY AROUND 9 O'OCLOCK LAST SUNDAY NIGHT.

U.S. routes * U .S. 6: in Muscatine County - U.S. 6 is closed from Muscatine County Road X-46 to Iowa 38.

A federal judge has ordered a Scott County judge facing federal fraud charges to be detained until his trial because he's a flight risk.

The Mississippi River crested at 21.5 feet on Monday and most of downtown Davenport remains dry.

After claiming the Miss Johnson County title, Anne Langguth came up a little short last year in her bid for the Miss Iowa crown.

A District Associate Court Judge in Scott County has been charged with falsifying public documents while working as an attorney in private practice.

A Scott County jury found a teen guilty of 3rd degree kidnapping and sexual abuse stemming from an incident last February at the Annie Wittenmyer Youth Center in Davenport.