Morning update: Downtown cleanup

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By Rick Rector | Thursday, May 8, 2008 6:08 AM CDT | () comments

Good Thursday, Quad-Cities. At 6 a.m. it’s 50 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 67 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 43 degrees.

Several area rivers are near or have dipped below flood stage as things slowly begin to get back to normal along the river. The Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities is 16.36 feet and steadily falling. It should fall to below flood stage next week.

Driving near Sherrard, Ill., today? County highway L (63rd Street) from County highway NN (176th Avenue) south to Sherrard will be closed again from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today for road work.

DavenportOne will hold a cleanup day for downtown Davenport from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. Check-in will be the DavenportOne office at 130 W. 2nd St. Volunteers will gather for a free post-cleanup party at 6 p.m. at the Starting Line, 217 Brady St. For more information, call Marcy Hyder at (563) 322-1706.

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Flooding rivers

The Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities sits at 16.36. Here’s a look at other area river levels …

• Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa: 18.09 feet / flood stage is 16 feet

• Wapsipinicon River at DeWitt, Iowa: 11.3 feet / flood stage is 11 feet

• Rock River at Moline: 12.2 feet / flood stage is 12 feet

• Iowa River at Columbus Junction, Iowa: 18.19 feet / flood stage is 19 feet

• Iowa River at Wapello, Iowa: 20.522 feet / flood stage is 20 feet

Cedar River near Conesville, Iowa: 12.7 feet / flood stage is 13 feet

Road closures

Spring weather brings with it area road closures for the Quad-Cities. Currently, there are more than two dozen projects affecting city and/or county roads in the region. Check the list before you head out this morning.

See news happening? Contact us

Stuck in traffic? See an accident or fire on your way to work? Drop us an e-mail at newsroom@qctimes.com or give us a call at (563) 383-2235 if you see breaking news such as house fires, traffic accidents and road conditions, street closures/detours and water main breaks in the Quad-City region.

Plot a pothole

Had your teeth rattled by a car-eating pothole? First, call the city where the pothole is located. Here are the phone numbers: Davenport: 326-7923; Bettendorf: 344-4088; Moline: 797-0425; Rock Island: 732-2200; East Moline: 752-1573. Then find out where the worst potholes are in the Quad-Cities on our pothole map.