Leak temporarily shuts down Papoose Creek Lift Station

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The Muscatine Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) located a force main sewer line leak 500 feet east of the treatment plat at 1202 Musser Street earlier today (Apr. 24).

“We think the link is at a fuse joint,&rdqu...

SBFL Recipient: From smoothies & juices to vegetarian cuisine

MUSCATINE, Iowa – What started out in a food trailer selling smoothies and juices at various local businesses and events has found that the road less traveled still leads right to their doorstep. The Butchers Vegetables, a culinary adventure of ...

City to meet with residents on reopening Whicher Street

MUSCATINE, Iowa – A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 24, to discuss the possibility of reopening Whicher Street from Cherry to Quince. The Traffic Committee of the City of Muscatine invites residents who live on or near Whicher Stree...

Two Muscatine tracts are nominated as Opportunity Zones

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Two of the three census tracts submitted by the City of Muscatine were among the 62 Iowa census tract nominations that were submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for Opportunity Zones designation. The announcement wa...

As the weather turns, Spring Cleanup Week arrives

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Winter seems to have finally let his grasp slip into just a memory and the warmer weather arrives just in time for the 2018 City of Muscatine Spring Cleanup Week that will be conducted April 23-27. The week offers residents of ...

West Hill Phase 4 work to begin on April 23

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Phase IV of the West Hill Sewer Separation Project begins on Monday, April 23, with milling off of the asphalt street surface on 7th Street from Cedar to Locust. No parking signs will be posted along the seven blocks affected b...

Closure of Mississippi Drive for two weeks begins Monday

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The nearly completed section of Mississippi Drive from Chestnut to Broadway will be closed for two weeks starting Monday as KE Flatwork, Muscatine Power & Water (MPW) and the City of Muscatine complete the reconstruction of...

No injuries reported in apartment building fire Friday

MUSCATINE, Iowa – No injuries were reported in an apartment building fire Friday morning in downtown Muscatine. The Muscatine Joint Communications Center (MUSCOM) received a 911 call at 10:11 a.m., Friday, Apr. 13, indicating “lots of ...