Eldridge council members will consider how slow you should go when driving past North Scott High School on South First Street. more

Republicans Board of Supervisors Jean Dickson 4,267 22.21% Ross Paustian 5,929 30.86% John Maxwell 5,127 26.68% Jennifer Lane 3,802 19.79% WRITE-IN 89 0.46% Treasurer Tony G. … more

Republicans U.S. Senator Jim Carlin            2,400            29.12% Chuck … more

Republican and Democrat top vote-getters in the county supervisor primary see plenty of issues to make 2022 a hot campaign year. Republican Ross Paustian and Democrat Jazmin Newton won their … more

Scott County supervisors authorized offers totaling nearly $1 million for replacement vehicles county staff says are getting harder and harder to find. County administrator Mahesh Sharma warned … more

More townhomes and apartment buildings are coming to property south of Sheridan Meadows Park that had been reserved for commercial and single-home residential development. more

Five candidates run for three nominations more

A wide First Street with sidewalks and gutters would be illuminated by halogen lamps suspended from wire criss-crossed overhead. more

Four candidates run for three nominations more

Long Grove  council members gave clerk Rosina Guyer a big raise and a new title for her leadership and education in exchange for a five-year commitment to stay on with the city she’s worked for since 2016. more

Eldridge council members awarded interim city administrator Tony Rupe a 10-percent pay increase Monday, and at least three council members said they’re ready to dispense with the “interim” title he’s carried six months. more

Demolition could begin as early as July and construction launched in October for a two-story Scott County juvenile detention center estimated to cost $26,070,000, supervisors learned Tuesday. more