A memorial Mass celebrating the life of Carroll Lee "Cary" Vis,  92, of Eldridge, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Long Grove. Visitation will be one hour prior to Mass on Monday at the church. Burial will be in St. Ann's Cemetery. The Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport, is assisting the family with arrangements. more

A memorial Mass celebrating the life of Kenneth D. Kelly, 72, of Eldridge, will be held at noon on Saturday, Dec. 14, at St. Ann's Catholic Church, Long Grove. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the church. Chambers Funeral Home, Eldridge, is assisting the family with arrangements. more

A funeral service for Dennis Edward O’Connor, 64, of Davenport, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Davenport. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in St. Ann’s Catholic Cemetery, Long Grove. more

By Ross Shinberg Regional Sports Editor Durant senior Katelynn Toft made her college choice official last month, committing to Indiana Tech to continue her volleyball career. In her … more

Over the objections of a group of residents and one member, the Eldridge City Council Monday advanced the first reading of an ordinance rezoning two parcels of land across the street from Ed White Elementary School as R-3 Multi-Family Residential with a Planned Residential Overlay. more

City officials want to take a hard look at the Eldridge Community Center’s finances over the next 18 months. more

MercyOne Genesis will double the size of its Eldridge office and add two full-time physicians. more

Residents in Muscatine County have more health challenges than those in Scott County, according to a new comprehensive Quad Cities report.  more

The Eldridge-North Scott Chamber of Commerce is ready to kick off the season, as Hometown Holiday is set for this Friday, Dec. 6, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in downtown Eldridge. more

A Festival of Carols Concert will be presented by the North Scott Singers on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m. more

North Scott High School is excited to announce its upcoming Winter Concert, featuring performances by the high school’s choir, band and orchestra students. The concert will take place on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 1:30 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. more

In the face of mounting opposition, Wolf Carbon Solutions has withdrawn its plan to build a network of tax-credit funded carbon waste pipelines across eastern Iowa. more

The Walcott Hearts & Hands Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, is partnering with the Walcott Cemetery Board on a project which includes several items to beautify and enhance the Walcott cemetery.  This project includes a cemetery directory, tree plantings, stone columns at each of the cemetery entrances & needed repairs to the cemetery maintenance shed. more

Pat and Lora Dierickx bought the Chamber's Amhof trucking experience, which included a big-rig drive to the Iowa 80 World's Largest Truck Stop and museum. more

The Scott County Secondary Road crew is ready to begin another winter.  Our department maintains 225 miles of paved, 325 miles of gravel, and 11 miles of dirt roads.  We will work hard to try to get roads open as quickly as possible following a snow or ice storm. more

Two Eldridge city council members are hoping to have positive conversations with residents as they plan for a listening post next Monday. more

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with governors from 16 other states, signed a joint letter Monday urging Congress to reauthorize the Farm Bill and to provide “immediate financial assistance” to the agricultural sector. more

Water operator Cegan Long reported that documents about lead and copper pipe replacements had been sent out, which caused confusion among some Eldridge residents. more

Two local dentists spoke out regarding Eldridge’s discussions about the possibility of removing chemical fluoride from the city’s water supply. more

Dec. 5, 1984: Although the news did not come as a complete surprise, employees at the International Harvester Farmall plant in Rock Island were still disappointed to hear the plan would close. Officials with the company were scheduled to meet with employees to reveal their plans for the 1,650 workers who would be unemployed, but Don Keding of rural Long Grove was one of many affected who said it would be tough to find a new job. “It’s going to be damn tough to find something that will even come close to giving workers the fringe benefits and high salaries that major manufacturing has provided in this area.” more