Princeton's fire department will hang on to its 35-year-old tanker truck a bit longer. more

Eldridge council members delayed March meetings so they’ll have YMCA referenda results before making next year’s spending decisions. more

Long Grove council members have to decide if stormwater tiling is sufficient to let Dale Grunwald resume selling homes in his Winfield Estates Third Addition. more

Scott County Emergency Communications system upgrade has secured five tower sites and expects to begin building the $300,000 to $400,000 towers on four of them as part of the county’s $12.6 million upgrade. more

Add Donahue to the handful of Iowa communities that decided caucus results with a coin toss. more

Early balloting in the YMCA referenda could top 1,600, which already is about as high as the turnout in the last school board election. more

The same inspectors will enforce pretty much the same rules at Del Ray Tanning Salon in Eldridge. But inspections now cost salon owner Kandi Olson twice as much under new county rules she fears will eliminate perhaps a fifth of her clientele. more

For the fifth straight year, Iowa’s Office of Ombudsman fielded more complaints and information requests than the year prior, reaching a total of 5,406 contacts during fiscal year 2019. If the trend continues in FY2020, the office will set an all-time record on contacts received in a 12-month period, according to an annual report released Dec. 30. more

The Scott County Health Department is taking over tanning salon inspections from the state health department, establishing a minimum indoor tanning age for the first time and raising fees for inspecting the county’s 98 tanning beds. more

Scott County Supervisors unanimously supported refugee resettlement in the county in response to a presidential order seeking local input on the issue. more

Amy Klobuchar can thank Scott County’s rural precinct voters for 26 percent of her countywide vote and delegate count. She finished  fifth in the county, but first in LeClaire township, Princeton and Walcott, and second in City of LeClaire and Riverdale. more

Lisa Kotter’s breadth of experience, quick answers and track record in smaller towns made her an easy choice to be the next Eldridge city administrator, city council members and the mayor said. more