Don't miss the 2013 Healthy Living Fair!
The seventh annual Healthy Living Fair — a celebration of local and natural foods, health and fitness, nutrition and the environment — will take place Saturday, June 15, next to the Freight House, 421 W. River Drive, Davenport.

The fair, which is presented by Radish magazine, will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The nearby Freight House Farmers' Market will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free.
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Discover more ways to go green
When it comes to alternative energy, there are a lot of misconceptions out there. One of the biggest is the idea that there simply isn't space in a city to make alternative energy feasible. Not so, says John Bergoli of the Iowa Renewable Energy Association. We just have to look up, literally.

"There are a lot of rooftops in a city," says Bergoli, explaining that such spaces are great locations to install solar panels. Doing so puts the... More »

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