Burlington Honor Guard member Gene Anderson holds an American flag during a Flag Day ceremony, Saturday June 11, 2016 at Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington. Burlington Elks Lodge #84, in cooperation with Aspen Grove Cemetery, Mississippi Valley Veterans Memorial and the Burlington Honor Guard presented the ceremony.
Congressional candidate Chris Peters answers questions from the members of the Burlington Hawk Eye newspaper, Thursday Oct. 27, 2016 in Burlington. Congressional candidate Chris Peters answers questions from the members of the Burlington Hawk Eye newspaper, Thursday Oct. 27, 2016 in Burlington.
Three Burlington city officials joined more than 450 representatives of Iowa's cities at an annual conference in Des Moines last week and returned with ideas about how to make Burlington better. Nick MacGregor, assistant city manager for public works, said tours of Des Moines during the League of Cities annual conference gave him ideas for what Burlington could do with its riverfront redesign.