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Call-in-to-schedule bulky waste pickup replaces Spring Cleanup Week in Muscatine

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Spring Cleanup Week is no more … at least for the 2020 calendar year. During a presentation to the Muscatine City Council on January 9, Director of the Department of Public Works Brian Stineman and Solid Waste Manage...

Themes for final three Bingo events are announced

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The Muscatine Municipal Golf Course will round out the winter Bingo program with several exciting themed activity nights featuring classic bingo with music and fun trivia questions in between rounds. All Bingo nights t...

MUSCOM implements dispatch system to better serve citizens

MUSCATINE, Iowa – A new medical protocol system has been implemented by the Muscatine County Joint Communications Center (MUSCOM) that will enable dispatchers to accurately assess each emergency situation and send the best possible response.

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City will continue to monitor Miller's Hill for movement

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine will continue to monitor the area known as Miller’s Hill (Fletcher Avenue) with no plans at the present to reopen Fletcher Avenue to traffic. The section of Fletcher Avenue running up the area kn...

Four-way stop to be installed at Main and Hershey January 14

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Crews from the City of Muscatine and Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) will be placing the stop lights at Hershey & Main into "red flash" mode while also installing all-way stop signs Tuesday (Jan. 14) morning. This...

Three exhibitions bring voices of women to the forefront

MUSCATINE, Iowa - The 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote will be celebrated in 2020 with the Muscatine Art Center hosting three exhibitions that bring women’s voices to the forefront. All three exhib...

Winter returns with heavy snow expected in Muscatine

MUSCATINE, Iowa – A wind advisory is in effect for Thursday (Jan. 9) and precedes what could be a significant winter weather weekend for the Muscatine area. Current forecast calls for rain changing to snow on Friday with the potential for a glaze of ice i...

Underground work for roundabout may wrap up next week

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Underground work was well underway this week in preparation for the construction of the roundabout at the 2nd Street and Mulberry Avenue intersection in Muscatine.

A detour went into effect Monday (Jan. 6) with Mulberry Avenue closed at t...

Chinese orchestra, opera to perform in Muscatine January 30

MUSCATINE, Iowa – For the fifth consecutive year, Muscatine will be among just a handful of communities throughout the United States that will mark the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year with performances from three renowned groups from C...

Regional artist Dan Rohde to be featured at Art Center

MUSCATINE, IOWA - The Muscatine Art Center will host an exhibit of regional artist Dan Rohde entitled A Visual Arts Retrospective January 11 through March 8, 2020, in the historic Musser-McColm mansion.

“Though it is impossible for me to see my ar...

Snow Pile Treasure Hunt scheduled for January 25 at Golf Course

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Fans of Elsa, Anna, and the rest of the cast of Frozen know the phrase “Do you want to build a snowman?” rather well. The Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department is asking that same question to all area residents.

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Detour in effect for Roundabout Construction Project

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Mulberry Avenue is now closed between the #1 alley and 2nd Street with the closure expected to move up to 3rd Street Tuesday (Jan. 7) or Wednesday (Jan. 8). The traffic detour for the construction of the roundabout at 2nd Stree...

Lane restrictions begin Monday at 2nd and Mulberry

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Lane restrictions will be in place starting Monday, January 6, 2020, at the intersection of 2nd Street and Mulberry Avenue as work begins to construct a roundabout at that location.

Heuer Construction has informed city project m...

Mayor Dick O'Brien passes away on New Years Day

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Mayor Dick O’Brien, one of the biggest supporters of and cheerleader for Muscatine, passed away at 12:05 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. The longest serving mayor in Muscatine history will always be remembered as every bit the defini...

Compost Facility to close for season on January 5, 2020

The Compost Facility at the Muscatine Transfer Station will close for the season at 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2020. The Compost Facility is closed today (Thursday, Jan. 2), will be open 12-6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 3, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, an...

Police seek public assistance in fight investigation

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Muscatine Police officers are asking the public for assistance in their investigation of a fight between two adult males Tuesday morning in the Riverside Park parking lot.

Officers from the Muscatine Police Department came upon a fight in...

City to assist residents in recycling live Christmas trees

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine will again assist residents of Muscatine and Fruitland to recycle their live Christmas trees. Over the course of the next four weeks, the Solid Waste Division will be collecting live Christmas trees as part of their...

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