Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer who created what would one day become Mercedes-Benz. According to that very same car company, Bertha, born in 1849, married Carl when she was 23.

Karl Benz had been developing the Motorwagen piece by piece since the 1870s, ultimately bringing it to market in the mid-1880s.

Run with Carl, established in memory of the Pleasant Valley High School student who died in September 1994, has been a cherished Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley tradition for 30 years.

Participants laced up their running shoes for a Labor Day tradition in the QCA. Run with Carl celebrated its 30th year at the event at Bettendorf Middle School. The run is held in memory of Carl ...

Carl Benz restored the original Patent-Motorwagen in 1906 and donated it to the Deutsche Museum in Munich. It’s still there today.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount’s reboot of The Running Man from director Edgar Wright has added Karl Glusman to the growing cast which includes Glen Powell, Katy O’Brian, and Daniel Ezra. Wright will ...

The annual Labor Day “Run With Carl” event took place Monday at Bettendorf Middle School.

Former Macomb County Judge Carl Marlinga said Monday he's still undecided on whether to run again for Congress this year, despite filing a document with the federal election officials saying he's ...

Mercedes-Benz produces some of the most popular luxury vehicles around, but the model names are a little odd. What do all the various letters mean?

BETTENDORF -- The Bettendorf Rotary Run With Carl will be Labor Day, Sept. 4 starting and finishing at Bettendorf Life Fitness Center, 2222 Middle Road. The events are 1 Mile ...