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Matt Christensen

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Matt Christensen

    Done deal? Despite White House claims, major hurdles remain for Iowa’s $15B steel plant (opens the original)

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    LEE COUNTY, Iowa (KWQC) — President Trump stood in the Oval Office on Monday and announced a $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, calling it a done deal. But the arrangement still needs to overcome major hurdles -- including land acquisition, permits and financial incentives -- before construction can start. Backers say the plant would produce 10 million tons of steel a year by 2030, making Iowa the nation’s No. 2 steel producer. Mesabi Metallics, the India-based company behind the plan, says

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Matt Christensen

    TV6 Investigates: Metro Flock cameras logging millions of vehicles a month (opens the original)

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    BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) — Drive through Bettendorf and there is a good chance a Flock camera is recording your vehicle. The city has 65 of the cameras mounted on poles across town, scanning every car that passes. In a recent 30-day period, Bettendorf’s cameras logged more than 10.3 million vehicle detections, according to data obtained by TV6 Investigates. Police ran 233 searches through that data, checking plates against a “hot list” of 11,537 vehicles already tied to crimes, Amber Alerts or ot

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Matt Christensen

    TV6 fact-check: Ad in Iowa Senate race makes false claims about QC-area hospital closures (opens the original)

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    CLINTON, Iowa — An ad from Republican Iowa Senate candidate Joe Stutting attacking Democrat Mike Zimmer contains false claims about hospital closures in Clinton and Maquoketa, according to TV6 fact-check. The ad is part of the race for Iowa Senate District 35, which covers Clinton, Maquoketa, LeClaire and other surrounding communities. The ad features a mock 911 call. In it, an operator tells a caller, “Ma’am, Clinton and Maquoketa Hospitals closed. Minutes matter in an emergency. Reject Mike Zi

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Matt Christensen

    Sand, Lahn offer differing visions in KWQC interviews (opens the original)

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    DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Iowa’s next governor will inherit a state budget surplus and the lowest income tax burden in decades — but Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn both say Iowans still aren’t feeling enough relief in their day-to-day lives. In separate interviews, the two candidates laid out competing visions for affordability, health care and public education, offering voters a side-by-side look at how they’d govern. Sand has made affordability a centerpiece of his campaign, arguing

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Matt Christensen

    Davenport Fire Chief reflects on 9/11’s lasting impact 25 years later (opens the original)

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    DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - People say “never forget” every Sept. 11. For first responders, that’s more than a motto. 343 firefighters died on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York, and firehouses in the Quad Cities felt it too. “It’s just a blanket of sadness is what I feel like with the other rescuers because it’s hard to tell how many lost their lives today,” Davenport Fire Chief Jeff VanderWiere in an interview on Sept. 11, 2001. Davenport firefighters watched it unfold on live TV, watching fellow firefig

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