DAVENPORT -- With the mandatory dialing date for eastern Iowa's new 563 area code fast approaching, businesses and cellular telephone customers in the Iowa Quad-Cities have been making the last-minute ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- The telephone area code for some eastern Iowans is about to change from 319 area to 563. Permissive dialing under either area code will run out on Dec. 2, meaning the residents ...