After 30 years, and $410,442.19 worth of taxpayer-funded cleanup, an abandoned gas station at 6630 Northwest Boulevard will be auctioned off, along with 60 other properties taken by the county for unpaid taxes. more

Scott County’s Zoning Board of Adjustment will reconsider Rily Grunwald’s snow tubing hill plan for his Lost Grove Lake area property. more

Scott County’s casino tax revenue dropped for the second straight year to the lowest levels since the pandemic. more

Eldridge Mayor Frank King presents a proclamation to Nicolina Pappas and Kamden Palmer in honor of their Skip the Plastic campaign. Eldridge is the 14th town to issue the proclamation urging residents to give up plastic straws and utensils. more

It was an honor to be elected to serve as a delegate to represent the Republicans of Scott County and Iowa at the historic 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15 – 18, along with over 50,000 other delegates, media, law enforcement, staff, and visitors.  What an exciting four days it was! more

Grandview Farms will add a deep pit beneath a gestation barn on a slab, and modify another barn to increase confined feeding by 187 animal capacity units, or 2.8 percent of current capacity at the Dittmer’s Sheridan Township home barn site, 12090 240th St. more

We arrived in Milwaukee Sunday afternoon. The Iowa delegation was fortunate to have a fantastic hotel just a couple blocks from the convention center. Since our hotel was in the secure perimeter we learned to navigate that on the first day. more

Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann kicked off the process of nominating former President Donald Trump as the official 2024 Republican presidential candidate. Later, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird presided over the nomination of U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as Trump’s running mate. more

Walcott City council prepared for Walcott day, approving a parade route, closing appropriate streets, and giving hometown officers a raise for the day. more

Dozens of the laws passed during the 2024 legislative session take effect Monday, including measures cutting state boards and commissions, limiting the potency of consumable hemp products and setting new education policies for public K-12 schools. more

Gov. Kim Reynolds included seven Scott County residents, two from Clinton and one from Cedar County among 196 she appointed or reappointed to Iowa boards and commissions. more

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. more

Eldridge’s Easter afternoon power outage spurred more talk, and a council member’s call to action on a second MidAmerican power line to the city’s utility. more

Four Dems compete to challenge Joni Ernst more