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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
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
Eldridge council members will consider putting the city’s fitness center up for sale, just as the North Scott YMCA prepares to open. more
Scott County supervisors bought an online evidence management system the county attorney says is needed to handle an avalanche of digital evidence. more
Wait for the rollbacks. more
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
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
Long Grove’s 231 city utility customers might get a better deal through MidAmerican as the city’s power costs continue to climb. more
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
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
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
Join Princeton council members 6 p.m., Thursday, at city hall to thank volunteers serving on community boards. more
Nevada Lemke says her six years with the city of Davenport provided a variety of leadership roles that groomed her for city administration. more
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
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
Scott County Supervisors voted April 13 to make MEDIC a countywide department, assuming its fleet of vehicles and three buildings. more
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
Princeton resident Bill Grunder said the ballot box is about the only place Iowans can seek relief on recent property value increases. more
Thirty-two Scott County property taxpayers already have signed up for formal assessment reviews that begin in May. more
Eldridge’s first police dog will be a German Shepard named, “Marty.” more
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