Legal consumer fireworks usage runs July 1 through July 8

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine will permit the use of fireworks during a one week period in July and a one week period at the end of the year following approval by the City Council of an amendment to the City Code. Recently passed State...

Intensifying storm outruns lines of communication Saturday

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Last Saturday’s weather event may have been a “once in a lifetime” event or just one of those that you hope doesn’t happen again any time soon. What we were left with after the water rece...

Muscatine cleaning up from Saturday's storm damage

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Employees from the City of Muscatine along with crews from Muscatine Power & Water (MPW) were out over the weekend cleaning up streets and restoring services after an intense 20-minute storm blew through Muscatine Saturday ...

Stay reinstates Broderson

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Diana Broderson will resume her duties as Mayor of the City of Muscatine effective immediately following a stay issued by Seventh Judicial District Court Judge Mark J. Smith on Friday, June 16, 2017.

“We respectfully d...

Port of Muscatine study to be presented to City Council June 8

MUSCATINE, Iowa – All the right ingredients are available for the development of an intermodal container terminal and port district on the Mississippi River according to the Port of Muscatine Planning and Feasibility Study that will be presented...

Firework use, sale amendments to City Code are adopted

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The Muscatine City Council approved an ordinance amending City Code Titles 6, 10, and 15, all relating to the sale and use of consumer fireworks, during its meeting Thursday night in the Council chambers. The amended ordinance will becom...