Riverside News Archives

The city of Wellman Tuesday announced it received an additional $400,000 in grant funds from the USDA Rural Development agency to aid in the completion of the Parkside Activities Center and Sunrise Child Care facility.

The Iowa and Illinois departments of Transportation, in conjunction with the Federal Railroad Administration , have been evaluating specific alternative routes to establish passenger rail connections between Chicago and Iowa City.

The Environmental Assessment document is available for public review and comment through October 15, 2009. Copies of the report have been sent to local libraries along the corridor and is posted on this site.

Public Information Meeting

An open forum meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 4 to 7 p.m. i wireless Center, Room D 1201 River Drive Moline, Illinois 61265-1303

The University of Iowa's Center for New Music will present chamber works by six Iowa composers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City.

On Sept. 27, 1972 -- the day the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium opened -- the Press-Citizen Editorial Board wrote the following: 'The building, and the opening series of events, however, offer but a promise of what Hancher Auditorium can offer to this community and all of Eastern Iowa.

Planning a Hancher Auditorium replacement brings to mind driving my car into the building before it was completed in 1972 in the midst of a storied goldfish pond in the wetlands along a grossly underutilized Iowa River running through the heart of both campus and city.

Posted on Sep 11, 2009 in The Gazette. The boyhood home of famed astrophysicist James A. Van Allen has been moved to a vacant lot that preservationists want to transform into a one-block museum. The 147-year-old house was sold at an auction and donated to the Henry County Heritage Trust. The house now sits next to a vacant elementary school building that Van Allen attended.

Posted on Sep 11, 2009 in The Gazette. United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt approved a Consent Decree Friday jointly submitted by the State of Iowa and Tyson Fresh Meats, resolving a dispute over the constitutionality of Iowa's prohibitions against processors vertically integrating into pork productionin Iowa.

Posted on Sep 10, 2009 by Gregg Hennigan . The Iowa City City Council has received somewhat of a split decision from staff on whether to allow city dwellers to keep chickens in their backyards.

From Captain Kirk's future tombstone to the 'original' vintage-style theatre from "The Blob" movie, this collection of sci-fi sights is a true geek's delight.

More than 100 Veterans with visual or mobility impairments, blindness and other disabilities hit the golf course at the National Veterans TEE Tournament, September 6 - 10, in and around Iowa City, Iowa.

RIVERSIDE, Iowa a ' Former Seneca High School standout Drew Ernst and the Coastal Carolina golf team started their fall season strong with a third-place showing at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, which concluded on Tuesday.

GRADUATION: Beth Swartzendruber of North Liberty was among the 1,445 students who received degrees during graduation ceremonies Aug.