Dixon Councilman Nick Phares hopes to build a pavilion at the city’s only park, located between the Legion and the “pop lot.” more

Scott County honored outstanding employees and several long tenures at their quarterly PRIDE celebration last Tuesday. more

At Share & Care Christian Preschool we have a tradition of picking a local charity for our February Month of Caring, and our families and Park View Lutheran Church members donate, too.  This year we collected lots of wonderful baby items to donate to Pregnancy Resources to help women in need.  more

Scott County Jail workers allowed a woman in mental distress to repeatedly bang her head against cell walls for hours without intervening or providing medical attention, a new report from the Iowa Office of Ombudsman alleges. more

Quad Cities Canine Assistance Network will present a program at Faith Lutheran Church, 500 W. LeClaire Road, Eldridge, on Tuesday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. more

With a light agenda, the return of snow, and two absent members, the Eldridge City Council kept things brief Monday. Mayor Scott Campbell gaveled out the meeting eight minutes after it was called to order. more

Princeton is preparing to party at its first ever Adult Prom next Saturday, March 28, at Boll’s Community Center on River Drive. more

The Friends of the Eldridge Library want your books. more

The Davenport Area Retired School Personnel Association (DARSPA), a group open to all retired school employees in Scott County, is offering two scholarships this year. The first is $1,500 for a senior planning to major in education in college. The second is a $500 scholarship for a student planning to attend trade school. more

Farmers, rural landowners and natural resource professionals can attend the in-field and hands-on Windbreak School on Wednesday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville. The workshop is hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and aims to provide the knowledge and skills needed to effectively plan, implement, maintain and renovate windbreaks. Check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m. more

View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the March 18 NSP! more

An annual report from the Iowa Cancer Registry on the state’s cancer rates showed lower rates of different cancers among the agricultural community than the state in general, though an expert in the cancer data says more up-to-date information needs to be gathered to know how farmers today could be impacted by pesticides and the like down the line. more

Radon mitigation systems would be a requirement of Iowa building code for newly constructed homes under a bill passed Thursday by the Iowa House. more

Legislation to expand career and technical education credit transfers and concurrent program enrollment outside of the school year saw initial approval from an Iowa Senate panel last Wednesday, with the expectation of amendments to come. more

As urban agriculture continues to grow across Iowa and the United States, farmers operating in cities and suburban areas face unique opportunities and challenges. To support these producers, the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Urban Agriculture Program has released a new series of publications covering key topics that influence urban farm success. more

Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Rock Creek Watershed and Mitchell County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), will host a cover crop and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) field day in Carpenter on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Carpenter Community Center. The event is open to farmers and landowners at no cost. more

Every year, the University of Iowa raises over a million dollars at its Dance Marathon Fundraiser, and North Scott’s very own Memphis Kearney has been supporting and participating in Dance Marathon as long as she can remember. Dance Marathon raises money for children and families receiving treatment at the University of Iowa Hospital. more

On the first Saturday of every month, carafes of coffee and open boxes of Casey’s donuts await veterans and their families on the kitchen counter of Cornerstone Church. more

Supervisors are poised to make few changes to the Scott County budget for the upcoming fiscal year. more

A former deputy sheriff has filed a wrong termination suit against Scott County, Sheriff Tim Lane and County Attorney Kelly Cunningham, alleging he was fired after raising professional concerns about Jennifer McAndrew Lane, a Department of Corrections employee. more