A split Princeton council vote authorized up to $234,593 in engineering and design work on a mile-long trail along U.S. 67, at least until the next council is seated Jan. 1.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/14/23
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Jose Almanza agreed to take over as Princeton police chief after Jan. 12, his last day as a Chicago police homicide detective.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/14/23
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Eldridge council members sought limits on vape shops Monday, after delaying action on a permit for a new store that would be the sixth offering vapes.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/8/23
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Mayor Frank King and city administrator Nevada Lemke put police chief Joe Sisler on administrative leave, council member Brian Dockery said Monday.
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11/8/23
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Voters pick school board, mayor and town council candidate in voting that concluded Nov. 7 at Scott County polling places.
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11/1/23
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Precincts and polling places for Nov. 7.
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11/1/23
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Eldridge, Princeton, Buffalo, and Riverdale voters will find contested council seats on their Nov. 7 ballots.
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10/31/23
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Poison Hemlock and Hoary Cress, or pepper grass, remain the top weed control problems in Scott County.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/31/23
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CANDIDATE GUIDE: Eldridge City Council
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10/24/23
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Scott County deputies will patrol Princeton while city council members interview chief candidates.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/18/23
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Long Grove awarded trail construction, and water system engineering contracts, advancing work on the city’s $3.8 million improvement plan.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/18/23
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More than $500,000 in technology contracts will make old Scott County records accessible to today’s residents.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/18/23
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As early as April, Eldridge council members were alerted to liability concerns based on fired police officer Andrew Denoyer’s on-duty sex abuse of a minor two years earlier.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/17/23
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The NSP sent surveys Oct. 5 to nine candidates for three Eldridge council seats. Deadline was Friday, Oct. 13.
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10/17/23
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Expect the Eldridge council to offer a lease that will keep the Scott County Library in town at least another 25 years, at a rate the library can afford.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/17/23
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Ken Schoenthaler has a lot to be optimistic about these days.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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10/11/23
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A new three-page credit card policy formalizes checks and balances Mayor Frank King said were adopted after the former city clerk was arrested on city credit card fraud charges.
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10/4/23
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MEDIC ambulance will retain its own, separate dispatching crew working side-by-side with Scott Emergency Communications Center when Scott County assumes the ambulance service Jan. 1.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/4/23
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Eldridge adopted new rules for public meetings and freedom of information requests that formally limit public speaking time, and add fees for some record requests.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/4/23
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Eldridge faces an open records lawsuit alleging the city unlawfully held closed meetings about hiring a new clerk, then redacted emails from council candidate Tisha Bousselot inquiring about the council’s closed meeting discussions.
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10/3/23
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