Eldridge’s Easter afternoon power outage spurred more talk, and a council member’s call to action on a second MidAmerican power line to the city’s utility.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
|
4/6/21
|
County officials dead-set against a carbon waste pipeline across Scott County are hosting a rally at North Scott High School, Monday, Nov. 28, to cultivate more opposition to the ADM project.
more
Mark Ridolfi
|
11/22/22
|
Eldridge council members will consider putting the city’s fitness center up for sale, just as the North Scott YMCA prepares to open.
more
Mark Ridolfi
|
11/22/22
|
Scott County supervisors bought an online evidence management system the county attorney says is needed to handle an avalanche of digital evidence.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
3/29/23
|
Wait for the rollbacks.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
3/29/23
|
Long Grove’s First Street makeover will begin in May under a contract won by hometown builder Chad Ihrig, whose $2.365 million bid came in just a hair under four other very close bids.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/4/23
|
Scott County Supervisors plan to make MEDIC ambulance service a county agency April 13, give it a new name, and create a new department that may require additional county subsidies, but will not raise the tax rate, board chairman Ken Beck said.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/4/23
|
Long Grove’s 231 city utility customers might get a better deal through MidAmerican as the city’s power costs continue to climb.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/5/23
|
New $14,504-a-year election management software products from a Minnesota firm will help county auditor Kerri Tompkins manage and share voting results.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/5/23
|
Eldridge council members on Monday set a $3.316 million property tax levy for next fiscal year that is 4.6 percent more than this fiscal year.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/5/23
|
None of the 27 applicants for an opening on the Scott County Board of Supervisors should have been kept secret, and all should be disclosed now, according to a new lawsuit filed against the county and top elections official, auditor Kerri Tompkins.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/11/23
|
Join Princeton council members 6 p.m., Thursday, at city hall to thank volunteers serving on community boards.
more
4/12/23
|
Nevada Lemke says her six years with the city of Davenport provided a variety of leadership roles that groomed her for city administration.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/18/23
|
Stormwater and road work in Mount Joy will consume all of the $5 million in federal pandemic aid supervisors allotted, but won’t cover even half of the needs identified in a new engineering study.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/18/23
|
Scott County will take on a countywide ambulance service and add nine new full-time positions as part of a 2023-24 budget that cuts the tax rate a fraction for rural property owners, and leaves the rate unchanged for city property owners.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/18/23
|
Scott County Supervisors voted April 13 to make MEDIC a countywide department, assuming its fleet of vehicles and three buildings.
more
4/19/23
|
New street repair estimates exceeding $2.2 million prompted some Princeton council members to suggest foregoing a trail plan, and instead borrow to improve River Drive, Third, Fourth and Fifth streets.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/19/23
|
Princeton resident Bill Grunder said the ballot box is about the only place Iowans can seek relief on recent property value increases.
more
4/19/23
|
Thirty-two Scott County property taxpayers already have signed up for formal assessment reviews that begin in May.
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
4/19/23
|
Eldridge’s first police dog will be a German Shepard named, “Marty.”
more
Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
|
5/2/23
|