Retirement Bell tolls in Davenport

DAVENPORT - After 43 years working for the city, city maintenance supervisor Fred Bell is ready to hand in the keys to the daily operations sustained around Davenport.

Bell is retiring from his position effective Tuesday, Aug. 1.

"I'm just wore out," Bell said. "I need something else."

"But Davenport's been a great place to work. They've allowed be to me on the volunteer fire department. They've allowed me to come and go as I please. They've allowed me to coach basketball."

Bell was an assistant girls basketball coach in Davenport under Brad Watkins and Stacia Soliday from 2011 to 2018 and at...