Princeton's fire department will hang on to its 35-year-old tanker truck a bit longer. more

Eldridge council members delayed March meetings so they’ll have YMCA referenda results before making next year’s spending decisions. more

Long Grove council members have to decide if stormwater tiling is sufficient to let Dale Grunwald resume selling homes in his Winfield Estates Third Addition. more

Scott County Emergency Communications system upgrade has secured five tower sites and expects to begin building the $300,000 to $400,000 towers on four of them as part of the county’s $12.6 million upgrade. more

Early balloting in the YMCA referenda could top 1,600, which already is about as high as the turnout in the last school board election. more

The same inspectors will enforce pretty much the same rules at Del Ray Tanning Salon in Eldridge. But inspections now cost salon owner Kandi Olson twice as much under new county rules she fears will eliminate perhaps a fifth of her clientele. more

The Scott County Health Department is taking over tanning salon inspections from the state health department, establishing a minimum indoor tanning age for the first time and raising fees for inspecting the county’s 98 tanning beds. more

Scott County Supervisors unanimously supported refugee resettlement in the county in response to a presidential order seeking local input on the issue. more

Lisa Kotter’s breadth of experience, quick answers and track record in smaller towns made her an easy choice to be the next Eldridge city administrator, city council members and the mayor said. more

Scott County Attorney Mike Walton will wrap up his prosecutorial career at the end of his fourth term in 2022. more

Scott County town councils and supervisors are getting used to a new state law that requires them to set and disclose maximum property tax rates before they figure out next year’s spending decisions. more

Scott County Supervisors authorized the Iowa Department of Transportation to manage and use federal funds to pay for most of two culvert replacements in Scott County and one in Jackson County. more