Behren Radech can dunk a basketball. For a friend though, he was willing to miss a few times.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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4/9/24
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Eldridge Mayor Frank King dismissed two more members of the city utility board Friday, alleging Paula Steward and Barb O’Brien breached fiduciary duties by not complying with his and council’s demands.
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Mark Ridolfi
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4/6/24
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Supervisors approved 10 new county positions, and boosted salaries and benefits of five others to add $577,816 to the county’s annual payroll.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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4/3/24
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Rising property values allowed Scott County supervisors to keep the urban property tax rate the same, and cut the rural route, while collecting even more property tax dollars next year.
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4/3/24
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Wells Ferry Road will close this spring for replacement of two bridges under a $1.9 million contract awarded by Scott County supervisors
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4/3/24
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A central Iowa physician who was criminally convicted of sexual abuse in February has agreed to the revocation of his medical license.
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Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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Hahn concrete trucks lay down a new First Street March 29 in Long Grove.
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4/3/24
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Eva Lubben of Long Grove, a senior at North Scott High School, finished first March 23 in the inaugural Tom Narak Four-Way Test speech contest sponsored by North Scott Rotary.
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4/3/24
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An aging mobile home park on the north side of Davenport has for nearly two decades avoided upgrading its wastewater treatment system and excessively polluted a creek that flows through the city, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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A riverfront tree-trimmer takes down dead wood on the Princeton riverfront, carefully dropping sections into a bin below.
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4/3/24
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About 10 employees of a Keokuk company might have been exposed to airborne asbestos when they demolished several buildings northwest of that town last year, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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4/3/24
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Eager egg hunters scoop up Easter treats.
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4/3/24
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The Iowa Senate sent legislation to the governor that would require additional documentation and certain restrictions for emotional support animals in Iowa rental properties.
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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North Scott Rotarians visited John Glenn Elementary School on March 21 as part of club president Tracy Lindaman’s “Pay It Forward” initiative.
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4/3/24
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View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the April 3 NSP!
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4/3/24
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View the Eldridge Police report from the April 3 NSP!
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4/3/24
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Emmet County in far northern Iowa is the lone remaining county in the state with no confirmed presence of a beetle that kills ash trees, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds last Wednesday signed into law her top priority for the 2024 legislative session: a bill making changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deploy more than 100 Iowa National Guard and Iowa Department of Public Safety officers to Texas to support the state’s law enforcement efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can create new content, including images, audio, and video — became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes.
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Zachary Roth, States Newsroom
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4/3/24
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