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Countryside Community Theatre may be turning 40 this year, but don’t expect the group to start acting its age as it serves up the youthful “Footloose” the next two weekends in the North Scott Fine Arts Auditorium.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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6/27/23
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Almost everyone loves the idea of sidewalks in their town. Things get tougher when council members have to force property owners to comply with city code.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/27/23
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Scott Wiebel barely saw the deer.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/27/23
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The Maddie Russo investigation is finished following her guilty plea June 16 to an open deal on a Class C felony that could bring up to 10 years in prison for faking cancer to solicit donations.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/21/23
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Eldridge council members hired Martha Nieto as city clerk for $71,585 a year, subject to her passing drug and alcohol screenings. She is scheduled to start work July 10.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/21/23
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Denise Benson stole $76,717.90 through city of Eldridge checking and credit card accounts, including payments to her own credit card, and her personal tax filing fees, according to felony charges filed June 15 in Iowa District Court.
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6/21/23
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Eldridge will use federal pandemic aid to cover a $162,231.30, five-year contract chief Joe Sisler said is necessary to keep collecting and using police body and squad-car camera evidence.
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6/21/23
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A 200,000-gallon water tank rising over Blue Grass will replace two aging tanks, and increase pressure throughout town.
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6/21/23
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A deal exceeding $800,000 has been finalized with 3M Company to abate the “forever chemicals” in Camanche’s drinking water and to compensate the town for the expenses it has already incurred because of the contamination, according to the town’s city administrator.
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6/21/23
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Join Scott County sheriff’s deputies for Cops n’ Bobbers fishing trip, 9-11 a.m., July 8 at Lost Grove Lake.
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6/21/23
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Remembering Sandra, a blood drive in memory of Sandra Bjurstrom, will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, in the First Amendment Room of the Scott County Library in Eldridge.
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6/21/23
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The Sheridan Sluggers 4-H Club, Friends of the Princeton Library, and the McCausland Gardeners Group will host the 2023 Garden Walk on Saturday, July 1, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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6/21/23
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The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Kyle O’Neill, originally of Princeton, was awarded one of six 2023 Iowa Veterinary Medicine Association Green and Gold Tag Preconditioning Program Scholarships for $2,500.
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6/21/23
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A petition from 55 Princeton residents asks the council to not borrow a nickel for any engineering work on a trail through town, thus rejecting a $186,674 grant that would cover 80 percent of the cost.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/21/23
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It looks messy, and it will stink for a bit.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/21/23
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The state is poised to spend tens of thousands of dollars to treat Lost Grove Lake with an herbicide to kill an invasive plant, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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6/21/23
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A final permit hearing to consider Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon dioxide pipeline will start two months earlier than initially expected, according to a procedural schedule set by the Iowa Utilities Board.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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6/21/23
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A biodiesel refinery in Crawfordsville that was capable of producing about 10 million gallons of the fuel each year has ceased operation.
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6/21/23
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View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the June 21 NSP!
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6/21/23
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View the Eldridge police report from the June 21 NSP!
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6/21/23
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