Tag Archives: River

  • News flooding 2013 (WQAD Photo)

    Flood waters creep into area parks, roads

    The Mississippi River in Davenport isn’t expected to crest until it reaches 18.9 feet on Saturday, nearly four feet higher than its current level.

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    QCA Water Usage on the Rise

    As our drought continues and hot weather refuses to leave water usage around our area is, just as you’d suspect,…

  • News / Sports

    Fishermen Struggling to ‘Beat the Heat’

    “Fishing seems to have gotten a lot tougher. I think what that all boils down to is how much the…

  • News

    Drought changes the way people fish

    River communities reliant on business from people fishing are taking the good with the bad with this summer’s drought. In…

  • 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…

  • News

    911 Call from Marshalltown Drowning’s Released

    Police in Marshalltown, Iowa release a chilling two-minute 911 call from the night three children drowned in the Iowa River….

  • News

    UPDATE: Body Found in Mississippi Near Bettendorf

    At 11:08 Monday morning rescue crews from Bettendorf found the body of a white male in the Mississippi River between the mouth of Crow Creek and the Eagle’s Nest Boat ramp.

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    New Details in Burlington Boat Accident

    The two boats involved in a fatal weekend accident were shuttling people back and forth from a party on an island in the river.