Scott County supervisors promised to provide local match funds needed if the state of Iowa provides grants for the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds to fund a $1.5 million grandstand renovation, and the Figge Art Museum to install a $900,000 exterior light show.
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2/21/24
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View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the Feb. 21 NSP!
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2/21/24
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View the Eldridge Police report from the Feb. 21 NSP!
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2/21/24
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In the final day before the first legislative deadline, House lawmakers passed a school funding proposal for the upcoming school year — as well as a measure to increase teacher salaries.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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2/21/24
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A police officer who is twice convicted of operating while intoxicated would automatically lose law enforcement certification under a bill that received preliminary approval in the Iowa House on Wednesday.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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2/21/24
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North Scott FFA leader and ag instructor Jacob Hunter leads the first students into the district's Regional Innovation Center under construction on Eldridge's South First Street.
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2/20/24
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This Sunday will be North Scott Junior High’s turn to bring a children’s classic to the stage, as students present the annual musical, “A Year With Frog and Toad.”
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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2/20/24
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Eldridge mayor Frank King swore in Andrew Lellig as new police chief.
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2/20/24
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Six-percent negotiated wage increases next year for county jail staff won’t be enough to resolve staffing shortages that threaten to significantly change jail operations, Sheriff Tim Lane told supervisors.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/20/24
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Riley and Ardita Grunwald brought the tubes, tow rope and snow to Dale and Jill Grunwald's Long Grove home Sunday.
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2/20/24
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Fun at the Mississippi Valley Fair
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Glimpses of the 2023 fair through the cameras of NSP editor Erin Gentz and managing editor Mark Ridolfi
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Erin Gentz and Mark Ridolfi
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8/9/23
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North Scott schools innovation center drawings
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The North Scott school district released these innovation center drawings in May 2023.
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5/31/23
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Scott Campbell's retirement reception, Volume 1
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Photographer John Schultz worked alongside Scott at many Quad-City games, meets and matches. Schultz is a freelance photographer whose work has been repeatedly recognized by the Iowa Newspaper …
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Photos by John Schultz
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1/17/23
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Scott Campbell's retirement reception, Volume 2
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Retired North Scott Press owner Bill Tubbs shot these photos of Scott Campbell's Jan. 15 retirement reception at North Scott High School auditorium lobby.
Tubbs and Campbell worked side by side …
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Photos by Bill Tubbs
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1/17/23
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Eldridge council members will consider putting the city’s fitness center up for sale, just as the North Scott YMCA prepares to open.
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Mark Ridolfi
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11/22/22
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County officials dead-set against a carbon waste pipeline across Scott County are hosting a rally at North Scott High School, Monday, Nov. 28, to cultivate more opposition to the ADM project.
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Mark Ridolfi
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11/22/22
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With an eye toward the future and a healthy dose of respect for the past, North Scott Press publisher Josh Byers is announcing several staff changes at the award-winning weekly newspaper.
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11/22/22
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Friday was a big day for Virgil Grissom fifth-grader Kinley Albrecht. It was two days before her 11th birthday, and that night, she was having a sleepover with 10 of her friends.
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Scott Campbell
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11/22/22
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Lunch …
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Scott Campbell
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11/22/22
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McCausland draws a Labor Day weekend crowd
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A vintage tractor pull and street dance Sunday, and the annual car show and parade Monday drew thousands to McCausland's annual Labor Day celebration.
NSP intern Cella Hanssen captured the …
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9/7/22
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