Good morning, Davenport.

KWQC posted the QCA’s 2026 Halloween costume gallery and invites readers to submit their own looks (submission open via KWQC); peak spooky season is Saturday, Oct.

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Alter Logistics received a $9 million federal grant to fund dock improvements, rail upgrades, and new cargo-handling equipment at the Rock Island port district, which will support infrastructure development and freight operations.

Constellation announced Tuesday, Oct.

27 it received a conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund uprates that would boost output at select plants, including the Quad Cities Clean Energy Center (near Cordova); projects remain subject to due diligence.

City crews will begin work Nov.

30 to reshape banks at Goose Creek Park to stop erosion, add limestone-chip trails, water access points, educational signs, playscape features, and re-meander the channel (including pool/riffle work and a pilot step-pool project). The city will remove mature trees this winter and plan revegetation in spring.

This fall, above-normal warmth and frequent rain have delayed and dulled fall colors across the Quad Cities, leaving many trees still green in Davenport; late-blooming hydrangeas are still producing flowers because hard freezes haven't arrived.

The Quad Cities International Airport (Moline) will promote Joseph Goetz to the newly created chief operating officer role, effective Sunday, Nov.

1, and he will oversee airport operations, airfield and facilities maintenance, information technology, the airport’s LLC, and join the executive leadership team.

Davenport converted a stretch of East Fourth Street to two-way traffic at State Street, changing traffic flow and access for drivers and businesses (see the new configuration downtown).

Researchers say Iowa has one of the nation's highest cancer rates and new cases are rising, and they link lung cancers to smoking and radon while researchers are examining whether environmental pollution (air and water) is also a factor.

Timber Ridge is a three-story, $15.4 million affordable senior housing complex that opened in Davenport with 52 apartments (for residents 62 and older with incomes 40-60% of area median).