Princeton has an engineering firm willing to take on trail design, but still faces council concerns about the town’s ability to afford anything more than a design.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/19/23
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The council approved the second of three readings amending sidewalk ordinances to allow the council to waive requirements in industrially zoned areas. On Monday, the council added a requirement that property owners alert the county recorder if a waiver is approved.
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7/19/23
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Event organizers – not the city of Eldridge – would be responsible for verifying licensing and insurance obligations for alcohol venders at public events, including the Moonlight Chase, Sheridan Meadows concerts and other North Scott Chamber of Commerce events.
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7/19/23
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The council will allow homebuilders in the new Ivy Acres subdivision to add basements with underground sump pump discharge connections to a buried stormwater main.
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7/19/23
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The next Eldridge police applicants may live within 30 miles of Eldridge after council members removed a city requirement they live within Scott County.
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7/19/23
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Eldridge council members Monday awarded assistant city administrator Jeff Martens a 16 percent raise recognizing his performance and expansion of duties in his first six months.
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7/19/23
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View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the July 19 NSP!
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7/19/23
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View the Eldridge Police report from the July 19 NSP!
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7/19/23
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Esther Windt spent summer work days immersed in arts surrounded by like-minded apprentices in Quad-City Arts Metro Arts work program.
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7/19/23
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Transplanting Succulents was the topic at Grand Haven Retirement in Eldridge on July 13.
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7/19/23
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Iowa’s corn and soybean crops were buoyed last week by above-normal rainfall and are now in their best shape since the middle of June, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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7/19/23
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Eldridge council members committed $473,000 in patching projects this year to fix streets, including some that took a beating as detour routes.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/18/23
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Long Grove water main work from Schultz Park to First Street and Grove Road is done, with seeding completed this season, and sod possible in the fall if needed.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/18/23
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Representatives from Triple Oak Power presented specifics on a possible wind turbine project to about two dozen people Thursday, July 13, at the Durant Community Center.
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Garrett Ammesmaki, Wilton-Durant Advocate News Editor
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7/18/23
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Keith Youngers will lead a parade Saturday for a town festival he helped revive 19 years ago.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/18/23
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Immerse yourself in native wildflowers Saturday on a Scott and Rock Island County tour of gardens as diverse as the owners.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/18/23
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Eldridge council member Bruce Cheek said he has no intention of closing the Scott County Library headquarters.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/12/23
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Paw Patrol reported for duty, June 24 at Scott County Library for a summer reading event uniting kids with first responders.
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Riley Johnson, NSP Library Intern
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7/12/23
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Eldridge staff responded quickly and thoroughly to a June 29 chlorine leak at the city's water treatment plant, city administrator Nevada Lemke told council members at the July 3 meeting.
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7/12/23
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Remembering Sandra, a blood drive in memory of Sandra Bjurstrom, will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, in the First Amendment Room of the Scott County Library in Eldridge.
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7/12/23
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