Rapids City News

The Cedar Rapids City Council has approved the hiring of a new police chief. Greg Graham, deputy police chief in Ocala , Fla., was one of five finalists. via Chicago Tribune

“This is going to be very expensive”

Terrie Robinson could only sit in her wheelchair and watch as her apartment went up in flames Thursday along with 13 others at the Mansur Wood Living Center in Carbon Cliff. via Quad-City Times

“The Fire Department wanted us to move it”

A 40-unit apartment complex on Rebecca Ave. in Carbon Cliff, Ill., was heavily damaged by flames on Thursday, Nov. via Quad-City Times

“This is probably going to be a very expensive disaster for the Red Cross”

TODAY: Within a half-hour of getting a call from the American Red Cross of the Quad-Cities Area, two veteran volunteers of the Hurricane Katrina disaster departed today for Southern California. via Bettendorf News

“What I'd really like to see is sewer out here.”

Some say progress is inevitable, and for that cliche to be true in East Moline, the city must develop land to its east, particularly recently annexed property around the interstates 80 and 88 interchange. via Bettendorf News