MUSCATINE, Iowa – The traffic signal at the Grandview-Oregon/Warren intersection is now in full operation mode according to Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) who maintains the traffic signals in Muscatine.
The traffic signal had been in flashing red mode for the past several months as work on the Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project continued. After the intersection was striped, MPW began working to install the timing system for the signals. The timing system has been installed and tested with today’s (Dec. 16) activation culminating the effort to return the intersection to normal operation.
Drivers are advised to pay attention and obey the traffic signals as they are now in full operation.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Trunks full of treasure will be emptied of their goodies by costumed characters of all sorts and sizes as the Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department hosts a scary good time this Halloween.
Children will have the opportunity to gather goodies and show off their costumes under a spook-tacular light show with festivities taking place 6:00-7:30 p.m. on October 30, 2022, at the Muscatine Soccer West Complex.
Decorated vehicles will be lined up in the Soccer West parking lot on the west side of South Houser Street with a cast of characters ready to distribute goodies with trick or treating beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Children are reminded to wear their Halloween costumes and bring their own trick-or-treat bag. Attendees may park in the Muscatine Soccer Complex main lot located at 401 South Houser Street.
Trunk decorators are needed. Please contact the Parks and Recreation Department by phone at (563) 263-0241 or via email at parksoffice@muscatineiowa.gov to reserve a parking space for your trunk.
For additional information, contact the Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department at (563) 263-0241.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – A full closure of Grandview Avenue from Day Street to White Street will begin at 7 a.m. Monday (Sept. 26) as reconstruction of Grandview Avenue on both sides of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CP) crossing begins. The closure will last approximately two weeks.
Local traffic only will be allowed on Grandview Avenue from Musser to Day and from Oregon to White.
Truck traffic from the south will be detoured onto Dick Drake Way to Stewart Road/Oregon Street or detoured onto the Highway 61 Bypass. Truck traffic from the north will be detoured onto Oregon Street/Stewart Road and then to Dick Drake Way.
Other through traffic will be detoured at Musser or at Oregon to go around the road closure.
Grandview Avenue will be open for traffic from Musser to Houser and from Oregon to Main. Drivers are reminded that these areas are still active construction zone and they should pay attention to traffic control devices and watch for construction workers. The construction zone speed limit is 25 mph and fines are doubled in a construction zone.
CP will have a flagger present at the railroad crossing for five days when work closest to the crossing needs to be completed. An additional week will be needed to complete pavement restoration at the Day Street and White Street intersections.
Heuer Construction, Inc., has been working on sidewalks and driveways while waiting for permission from CP to complete the work near the crossing. Seeding of completed areas and other landscaping activities is scheduled to begin Monday.
Heuer and Muscatine Power & Water (MPW) are hoping that a supply chain issue will be resolved soon so that work on the Sampson Street side of the intersection with Grandview can resume. Once the issue is resolved, MPW estimates that they will need 10 days to complete their work before turning the intersection over to Heuer for pavement restoration.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Ballet Des Moines will bring its full company of professional dancers to Muscatine this Sunday, sharing world-class arts and education programming directly with patrons of all ages in a one-of-a-kind day of fun activities.
The free performance will take place in the green space south of the basketball courts in Riverside Park. The 7 p.m. performance will be preceded by free family STEM activities inside Pearl City Station from 5 to 7 p.m. Be sure to come early, bring your blankets or lawn chairs, and sit back to enjoy the entertainment.
Everyone is invited to come explore a mobile planetarium, Iowa State University’s FLEx Virtual Reality lab, send a postcard to space, and investigate other STEM activities while exploring how the universal language of music and movement can make abstract concepts more human and accessible.
Gravity on Tour includes excerpts from Ballet Des Moines’ ground-breaking GRAVITY season along with a host of interactive STEM experiences, from Iowa State University’s FLEx Virtual Reality Lab and the Science Center of Iowa’s mobile planetarium to sending postcards to space and back. These free performances build on the April 2022 world premiere of the interdisciplinary ballet Of Gravity and Light, exemplifying how music and movement can make abstract concepts more human and accessible to audiences of all ages.
Ballet Des Moines CEO Blaire Massa worked with community leaders statewide to determine tour locations, ensuring a strong sense of collaboration with tailored opportunities specific to the interests and values of each community.
“We’ve worked diligently for the past several months to ensure we’re delivering on our community engagement, outreach, and education initiatives — to expand access to the arts, while wielding creativity and expression as a tool to expand learning, build confidence, and forge community connections,” says Massa. “From educational workshops and in-person ballet classes to meet-and-greets with the artists, pop-up planetariums, and young professional cocktail parties, there’s no shortage of opportunities to collaborate and inspire curiosity, confidence, and creativity across our state.”
STEM partners throughout the 21-22 season have included the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) and Iowa State University.
“Working with Ballet Des Moines this year has allowed us to introduce students to activities that help support our objectives at ISGC, to help inspire, educate, and employ the next generation of explorers,” says director Dr. Sara Nelson. “It’s been wonderful to watch as students learn more about the connections between science and art and how dance can be used to express those understandings.”
Each performance will include excerpts from BDM’s GRAVITY season, highlighting a diverse range of programming including this spring’s world premiere Of Gravity and Light, a pas de deux from Swan Lake, and Flight, a joy-filled contemporary ballet by Ballet Des Moines Artistic Director Tom Mattingly. In between the evenings performances, NASA Solar System Ambassadors will guide the audience through scientific discussions.
Gravity on Tour was made possible by Principal Foundation and the Iowa Arts Council. Additional details about the tour can be found at www.balletdesmoines.org/summer-tour
FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY STEM ACTIVITIES 5-7PM
Enjoy a mobile planetarium, Iowa State University’s FLEx Virtual Reality lab, send a postcard to space, and investigate other STEM activities while exploring how the universal language of music and movement can make abstract concepts more human and accessible.
SCI programming reaches every county in the state of Iowa, promotes cultural awareness and provides unique experiences for Iowans. The broad range of available opportunities — from Science @ Your Site, which offers a variety of assemblies and demonstrations at schools, libraries and festivals, to professional development training that advance STEM literacy and bring innovative activities to educators statewide — speaks to the many roles SCI plays for the community and is the foundation upon which SCI has built a successful organization.
Centrally located in Downtown Des Moines, SCI’s hands-on exhibits, special-format theaters and unique programming attract Iowans and distant visitors. Through daily visitors, a statewide educational outreach program and the NAEYC-accredited SCI Preschool, the Science Center of Iowa serves more than 300,000 people annually.
Founded by Blue Origin in 2019, Club for the Future is a foundation whose mission is to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and to help invent the future of life in space. The Club and its collaborators are doing this through Postcards to Space, space-focused curriculum, and access to space on Blue Origin’s rockets.
Earth is finite. To protect our gem of a planet and enable a future of abundance and growth, Earth needs space. Write or draw your vision on a postcard for what you think the future of life in space will look like—or any other message you’d like to send to space. Write or draw on a provided postcard to Club for the Future, we’ll launch it to space and back on a New Shepard rocket, and return it to you stamped “Flown to Space.” Send us as many postcards as you’d like—we’ll fly them all.
FLEx is a mobile learning program for advanced design technology benefiting 3rd through 12th students and beyond in a 21st century paradigm. Structured around STEM, design thinking, 21st Century skills, and University Constructs (4 C’s), this environment extends distant educational offerings by delivering full-scale augmented and virtual visualization, digital to real prototyping, circuit bending and visual programming.
As an Iowa State design outreach program for Iowans, the FLEx can visit classrooms, schools, libraries, science and art centers, educational conferences and other community events throughout the state. Programs can be offered inside or outside, weather permitting, to best complement the learning environment and event.
A part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program since 1990, the ISGC continually strives to improve and inspire Iowa’s future in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The ISGC supports aerospace research, education and outreach activities for all Iowans with NASA internships, fellowships, and scholarships, competitions for grants within higher education members (with NASA Mission Directorate alignment), as well as informal education grants with outreach affiliates. The ISGC is primarily funded under NASA Award No. 80NSSC20M0107.
About Ballet Des Moines
Ballet Des Moines was launched as a professional ballet company in 2012, bringing world-class performing artists to the Des Moines community for classical and contemporary main stage productions. Ballet Des Moines offers training opportunities for pre-professional dancers and engages thousands of local youth each year through rich educational and outreach programs. The mission of Ballet Des Moines is to enrich lives through inspiring dance performances, inclusive education and outreach programs, and innovative community partnerships. www.balletdesmoines.org
About the Iowa Space Grant Consortium
A part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program since 1990, the ISGC continually strives to improve and inspire Iowa’s future in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The ISGC supports aerospace research, education and outreach activities for all Iowans with NASA internships, fellowships, and scholarships, competitions for grants within higher education members (with NASA Mission Directorate alignment), as well as informal education grants with outreach affiliates. The ISGC is primarily funded under NASA Award No. 80NSSC20M0107. https://www.iaspacegrant.org
DES MOINES – Ballet Des Moines will bring its full company of professional dancers to six locations this summer, sharing world-class arts and education programming directly with Iowans across the state.
Gravity on Tour includes excerpts from Ballet Des Moines’ ground-breaking GRAVITY season along with a host of interactive STEM experiences, from Iowa State University’s FLEx Virtual Reality Lab and the Science Center of Iowa’s mobile planetarium to sending postcards to space and back. These free performances build on the April 2022 world premiere of the interdisciplinary ballet Of Gravity and Light, exemplifying how music and movement can make abstract concepts more human and accessible to audiences of all ages.
Ballet Des Moines CEO Blaire Massa has been working with community leaders statewide to determine tour locations, ensuring a strong sense of collaboration with tailored opportunities specific to the interests and values of each community.
“We’ve worked diligently for the past several months to ensure we’re delivering on our community engagement, outreach, and education initiatives — to expand access to the arts, while wielding creativity and expression as a tool to expand learning, build confidence, and forge community connections,” says Massa. “From educational workshops and in-person ballet classes to meet-and-greets with the artists, pop-up planetariums, and young professional cocktail parties, there’s no shortage of opportunities to collaborate and inspire curiosity, confidence, and creativity across our state.”
STEM partners throughout the 21-22 season have included the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) and Iowa State University.
“Working with Ballet Des Moines this year has allowed us to introduce students to activities that help support our objectives at ISGC, to help inspire, educate, and employ the next generation of explorers,” says director Dr. Sara Nelson. “It’s been wonderful to watch as students learn more about the connections between science and art and how dance can be used to express those understandings.”
The current tour schedule includes six locations across the state, ending with a tour-finale celebration in Des Moines.
Wednesday, July 27: RiverLoop Amphitheatre, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo
Thursday, July 28: Thursday on Main – Clear Lake Bandshell, Clear Lake
Friday, July 29: Wilcox Performing Arts Center, Algona
Sunday, July 31: Muscatine Riverfront, Muscatine
Tuesday, August 2: Johnson Auditorium, Chariton
Wednesday, August 3: Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park, Des Moines
Each performance will include excerpts from BDM’s GRAVITY season, highlighting a diverse range of programming including this spring’s world premiere Of Gravity and Light, a pas de deux from Swan Lake, and Flight, a joy-filled contemporary ballet by Ballet Des Moines Artistic Director Tom Mattingly. In between the evenings performances, NASA Solar System Ambassadors will guide the audience through scientific discussions.
Gravity on Tour was made possible by Principal Foundation and the Iowa Arts Council. Additional details about the tour can be found at www.balletdesmoines.org/summer-tour
About Ballet Des Moines
Ballet Des Moines was launched as a professional ballet company in 2012, bringing world-class performing artists to the Des Moines community for classical and contemporary main stage productions. Ballet Des Moines offers training opportunities for pre-professional dancers and engages thousands of local youth each year through rich educational and outreach programs. The mission of Ballet Des Moines is to enrich lives through inspiring dance performances, inclusive education and outreach programs, and innovative community partnerships. www.balletdesmoines.org
About the Iowa Space Grant Consortium
A part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program since 1990, the ISGC continually strives to improve and inspire Iowa’s future in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The ISGC supports aerospace research, education and outreach activities for all Iowans with NASA internships, fellowships, and scholarships, competitions for grants within higher education members (with NASA Mission Directorate alignment), as well as informal education grants with outreach affiliates. The ISGC is primarily funded under NASA Award No. 80NSSC20M0107. https://www.iaspacegrant.org
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Full depth patching continues on Houser Street with work also scheduled to begin on Frontage Road Tuesday (May 17) according to the Muscatine Department of Public Works.
Work on Houser Street will continue for the next two to three weeks as the contractor repairs the broken pavement in multiple phases to minimize traffic control issues. The duration of work is weather dependent.
The 2021-2022 Full-Depth Patching Project had a late start due to funding concerns that pushed the bid process into the fall. The $440,800 contract was awarded to Heuer Construction on October 5, 2021, but actual work was delayed until April due to weather and logistic concerns. All work is to be completed by early June.
Heuer completed two emergency repairs, on Hershey Avenue and on Liberty Street, and then completed the first section on the 2021-2022 list, 1600 block of Cedar Street before moving to Houser Street.
Heuer Construction is scheduled to also begin work on Frontage Road (Ford to Cleveland) starting Tuesday. Frontage Road will be closed to all traffic from Ford Avenue to the LPI Loans entrance. Once that section is completed, full depth patching will take place from LPI Loans to Cleveland Street.
Other street segments to be repaired under the Full Depth Patching Project include:
Isett Avenue (Bidwell Road to Heinz Pedestrian entrance)
Stewart Road (Oregon Avenue to Wallace Street)
Robin Road (Sunrise Circle to Centre Drive)
Devitt Avenue (Ridgewood Avenue to Pinefield Street)
Drivers are reminded to slow down and use caution when travelling through construction zones, obey traffic control devices, and be aware of construction workers. Use an alternate route if possible.
Click on CONSTRUCTION to visit the Department of Public Works Construction Projects page where more information can be found on City of Muscatine construction projects. An interactive map is available showing current street closures and street work.
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Full depth patching is wrapping up on Houser Street with the action moving to Frontage Road on Friday according to the Muscatine Department of Public Works.
The 2021-2022 Full-Depth Patching Project had a late start due to funding concerns that pushed the bid process into the fall. The $440,800 contract was awarded to Heuer Construction on October 5, 2021, but actual work was delayed until April due to weather and logistic concerns. All work is to be completed by early June.
Heuer completed two emergency repairs, on Hershey Avenue and on Liberty Street, and then completed the first section on the 2021-2022 list, 1600 block of Cedar Street before moving to Houser where repair work is wrapping up.
Heuer Construction is scheduled to begin work on Frontage Road (Ford to Cleveland) starting Friday. Frontage Road will be closed at Ford Avenue to just past the first entrance to the Hong Kong Buffett for the first section to be repaired. Once completed, Heuer will be closing Frontage Road from just past the first entrance to the Hong Kong Buffett to LPI Loans for the second section of work. The third section will be in front of LPI Loans to Cleveland Street.
Other street segments to be repaired under the Full Depth Patching Project include:
Isett Avenue (Bidwell Road to Heinz Pedestrian entrance)
Stewart Road (Oregon Avenue to Wallace Street)
Robin Road (Sunrise Circle to Centre Drive)
Devitt Avenue (Ridgewood Avenue to Pinefield Street)
Drivers are reminded to slow down and use caution when travelling through construction zones, obey traffic control devices, and be aware of construction workers. Use an alternate route if possible.
Click on CONSTRUCTION to visit the Department of Public Works Construction Projects page where more information can be found on City of Muscatine construction projects. An interactive map is available showing current street closures and street work.
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Ballet Des Moines was launched as a professional ballet company in 2012, bringing world-class performing artists to the Des Moines community for classical and contemporary main stage productions. Ballet Des Moines offers training opportunities for pre-professional dancers and engages thousands of local youth each year through rich educational and outreach programs. The mission of Ballet Des Moines is to enrich lives through inspiring dance performances, inclusive education and outreach programs, and innovative community partnerships. 
Each performance will include excerpts from BDM’s GRAVITY season, highlighting a diverse range of programming including this spring’s world premiere Of Gravity and Light, a pas de deux from Swan Lake, and Flight, a joy-filled contemporary ballet by Ballet Des Moines Artistic Director Tom Mattingly. In between the evenings performances, NASA Solar System Ambassadors will guide the audience through scientific discussions.
