North Scott beat Indianola in three sets to claim the Iowa 4A state championship Thursday in Coralville. more

The Midwest Sluggers 10 and up team gets big league tips, Monday, Oct. 2,  from University of Iowa softball players. more

First Central State Bank executives Derek Fox and Teri Leu earned promotions to assistant vice president: Fox as commercial loan officer, and Leu as mortgage loan officer. more

The Eldridge-North Scott Chamber of Commerce announces the return of the North Scott Experience virtual auction returns to offer hometown adventures provided by members of the  Eldridge-North Scott Chamber of Commerce. more

Voters pick school board, mayor and town council candidate in voting that concluded Nov. 7 at Scott County polling places. more

The barbershop quartet, “The Press Tones,” which performed in Countryside Community Theatre’s 2021 presentation of “The Music Man,” will reprise this weekend, Nov. 3, 4 and 5 with students performing “The Music Man” at Camanche High School. This will be the first drama at the new auditorium. located at 927 9th Ave., Camanche. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. more

Precincts and polling places for Nov. 7. more

View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the Nov. 1 NSP! more

View the Eldridge Police report from the Nov. 1 NSP! more

Ila Mae Feuerbach prizes the last rose blooms of the season brightening the autumn collage surrounding her Cedar County farmhouse just north of Durant. more

Bob Moellenbeck wants readers to know he’s no farmer. more

Darla Fay credits Iowa’s Heritage farm program for nudging her to explore her own family’s history. Research for this year’s Heritage farm application revealed the Dixon Cemetery gravesite of the ancestors who bought the Scott County farm Dec. 28, 1872, that remains in her family today. more

Brus family history fills their Heritage farm in Blue Grass Township, where siblings Dennis, Denise, Debbie and David own the same 240 acres held by the family since March 21, 1870. more

Cedar County Heritage and Century farms listing more

Scott County Heritage and Century farms listing more

Muscatine County Heritage and Century farms listing more

Brian Wood of Eldridge topped this week’s Football Contest. He missed two, with a tiebreaker of 52, the closest to the total number of points in Iowa State’s 30-18 win over Baylor. He will receive the $50 first prize. more

Cornerstone Baptist Church and North Ridge Community Church hosted an Oct. 25 trunk or treat event that drew hundreds of superheroes, princesses and cartoon characters to Cornerstone in Eldridge. more

Eldridge, Princeton, Buffalo, and Riverdale voters will find contested council seats on their Nov. 7 ballots. more

Four incumbents and a second-time challenger will be on North Scott school board ballot Nov. 7. more