Over the objections of a group of residents and one member, the Eldridge City Council Monday advanced the first reading of an ordinance rezoning two parcels of land across the street from Ed White Elementary School as R-3 Multi-Family Residential with a Planned Residential Overlay. more

City officials want to take a hard look at the Eldridge Community Center’s finances over the next 18 months. more

Two Eldridge city council members are hoping to have positive conversations with residents as they plan for a listening post next Monday. more

Water operator Cegan Long reported that documents about lead and copper pipe replacements had been sent out, which caused confusion among some Eldridge residents. more

Two local dentists spoke out regarding Eldridge’s discussions about the possibility of removing chemical fluoride from the city’s water supply. more

The Eldridge City Council is finalizing how to spend the town’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds. more

Council members Ryan Iossi and Scott Campbell will host an informal town hall meeting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, at the Scott County Library in Eldridge. Topics to be discussed include street improvements, industrial development and future growth. They will also take questions from the audience. more

Bids for Mount Joy street and storm sewer work came in lower than Scott County engineer’s $9 million estimate. more

The Eldridge Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of the North Scott School District’s rezoning request for two parcels of land directly across the street from Ed White Elementary School, but not before hearing plenty from the neighbors. more

The Eldridge City Council hit the pause button on a rezoning proposal from the North Scott School District on South 5th Street. more

Ihrig Works is seeking answers from county supervisors after the Long Grove firm’s low bid for Mount Joy roadwork was disqualified. more

Eldridge Utility Board members reviewed seven years’ worth of data on chemical fluoridation of the community water supply at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 5. more

Maria Bribriesco counsels the same advice she followed to win a seat on the Scott County Board of Supervisors: Politicking is building relationships, not being a demagogue. Persistence, not bluster, prevails. more

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the Eldridge Planning & Zoning Commission will review the district’s rezoning request for the properties at 206 S. 5th Street and 208 S. 5th Street, directly across the street from Ed White Elementary School. The request is for a change from R-1 Single Family Residential and R-2 Two-Family Residential to R-3 Multiple Family Residential with a Planned Residential Overlay. more

Supervisors agreed to open bidding Nov. 15 for three Park View road and drainage projects that will be paid for by federal pandemic aid funds. more

Park View Owners Association met Oct. 9. President Sean Stoube called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM. Board members in attendance: Sean Stoube, Patrick Dodge, Randy Warm, Devin Peterson and Mike Roggenbuck. Absent: Mike Wright. Also in attendance: Ben Petty, maintenance; and Lindsay Westfall, clerk. more

The Eldridge council is asking the city utility board to contribute to the salaries of the city clerk and city administrator out of its electric and water budget. more

A group of Pinehurst Drive residents asked council members Monday to take over a detention pond serving the Townsend Farms Addition, and resurrected the idea of a stormwater utility fee to cover costs. more

Should Eldridge continue to chemically fluoridate its drinking water supply? That’s one question before the utility board. more

While the new recreation trail through the Townsend Farms Addition is nearly complete, it will not be able to open for several more weeks. more