Tag Archives: rain

• News

  Rain, cold won’t postpone start of farmer’s market season

  Saturday marks the return of the outdoor Freight House Farmer’s Market in Davenport, despite unseasonable weather.
• News

  Drought Conditons Easing Up for Farmers

  An agency monitoring weather conditions claims local farmers will face better conditions this time around. Iowa isn’t in the clear…
• News / Weather

  Plentiful snow does little to reduce drought

  Many states need a foot of rain, not snow, to help reduce the drought.
• News

  QC drivers prep for weather swing

  As temperatures drop to below freezing overnight, the rain we’re seeing now will likely make for an icy morning. Drivers…
• Agriculture

  Farmers hope recent rains continue

  Monday’s showers were a welcome sight for area farmers. “We’d like to put the drought behind us,” said Rock Island…
• News / Weather

  Rain is Too Little, Too Late

  The start of the month of September has been a wet one for our area. The Quad Cities have seen…
• News

  Rain arrives in the QCA

    Rain finally arrived in the Quad Cities. It fell steadily Sunday for most of the day. The rain is…
• News

  Farmer’s Market vendors react to drought

  Saturday’s rain was a very welcome sight for area farmers. But, the big question remains- has the damage already been…
• News

  Heavy rain across QCA

  The rain came and went Saturday across the Quad Cities area. At 16th Street in Moline, water quickly collected on…
• News

  Low Water Hurting Barge Companies

  “The bottom up here is mostly rock bottom and you don’t take chances on hitting it, because when rock and…
• Agriculture

  Warren County represents challenges facing corn crop

  Torrential rain is taking a toll on the region’s corn crop. That’s the case in southeast Iowa and west central Illinois, where saturated soil could wind up costing all of us.