The Bettendorf natives recently completed America’s Great Loop, a roughly 6,000-mile boating route that circles the eastern United States through the Great Lakes, inland rivers and the Intracoastal ...

Evan and Karly Nietzel both grew up on the muddy banks of the Mississippi River in Bettendorf. Fishing, water skiing, tubing, ...

Darren Hayes is undertaking a 550-mile journey on a 22-foot pontoon boat, raising money for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Hayes's journey, dubbed "Makin' Wake," involves navigating the Great Loop, ...

Robert Youens left Pensacola, Florida, in a sixteen-foot aluminum johnboat at 7:31 a.m. on July 12, with the goal of navigating America’s Great Loop as fast as he could. Roughly 4,800 miles, 64 locks, ...