Incumbent Rep. Monica Kurth, D-Davenport, kept her lead over Republican challenger Nathan Ramker in the recount for Iowa House District 98 that concluded Tuesday. more

The Eldridge City Council is finalizing how to spend the town’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds. more

Council members Ryan Iossi and Scott Campbell will host an informal town hall meeting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, at the Scott County Library in Eldridge. Topics to be discussed include street improvements, industrial development and future growth. They will also take questions from the audience. more

House Speaker Pat Grassley named leaders for House committees in advance of the 91st  General Assembly that begins Jan. 13. more

Bids for Mount Joy street and storm sewer work came in lower than Scott County engineer’s $9 million estimate. more

The Eldridge Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of the North Scott School District’s rezoning request for two parcels of land directly across the street from Ed White Elementary School, but not before hearing plenty from the neighbors. more

The Eldridge City Council hit the pause button on a rezoning proposal from the North Scott School District on South 5th Street. more

Ihrig Works is seeking answers from county supervisors after the Long Grove firm’s low bid for Mount Joy roadwork was disqualified. more

Iowa Supreme Court Justice David May and all other judges who were up for a retention vote in Iowa’s 2024 general election will stay on the bench, according to unofficial results. more

About 74% of Iowa’s registered voters cast ballots in the 2024 general election, according to preliminary numbers from Iowa’s Secretary of State office as of 12:34 p.m. Wednesday. more

Voters in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota rejected ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. Nebraska voters approved medical marijuana. more

South Dakota voters rejected a proposed law regulating carbon dioxide, over concerns that it left eminent domain as an option. more

Eldridge Utility Board members reviewed seven years’ worth of data on chemical fluoridation of the community water supply at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 5. more

Maria Bribriesco counsels the same advice she followed to win a seat on the Scott County Board of Supervisors: Politicking is building relationships, not being a demagogue. Persistence, not bluster, prevails. more

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the Eldridge Planning & Zoning Commission will review the district’s rezoning request for the properties at 206 S. 5th Street and 208 S. 5th Street, directly across the street from Ed White Elementary School. The request is for a change from R-1 Single Family Residential and R-2 Two-Family Residential to R-3 Multiple Family Residential with a Planned Residential Overlay. more

Supervisors agreed to open bidding Nov. 15 for three Park View road and drainage projects that will be paid for by federal pandemic aid funds. more

Park View Owners Association met Oct. 9. President Sean Stoube called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM. Board members in attendance: Sean Stoube, Patrick Dodge, Randy Warm, Devin Peterson and Mike Roggenbuck. Absent: Mike Wright. Also in attendance: Ben Petty, maintenance; and Lindsay Westfall, clerk. more

The Eldridge council is asking the city utility board to contribute to the salaries of the city clerk and city administrator out of its electric and water budget. more

A group of Pinehurst Drive residents asked council members Monday to take over a detention pond serving the Townsend Farms Addition, and resurrected the idea of a stormwater utility fee to cover costs. more

Should Eldridge continue to chemically fluoridate its drinking water supply? That’s one question before the utility board. more