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The Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human Services notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture that Iowa will not participate in a program that provides additional food assistance for children during the summer, the state announced Friday.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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12/27/23
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With little discussion, Scott County Supervisors on Dec. 19 renewed the county’s annual agreement to follow the Iowa Department of Natural Resources regulation for confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOS.
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12/27/23
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Supervisors approved a final plat for a 2.01 acre retail development on the southwest corner of U.S. 61 and 110th Avenue, just west of Interstate 280.
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12/27/23
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Renewable energy companies targeting sites in Muscatine, Cedar and Scott County for development are looking to lease local land for wind turbines.
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Jacob Lane
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12/27/23
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Eldridge city council members were scheduled to meet Tuesday, Jan. 2, after The NSP deadline, to consider a retirement offer agreed to by police chief Joe Sisler. Find coverage of that meeting online at northscottpress.com, and in next week's edition.
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1/2/24
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Without a word of public discussion, Eldridge council members voted 4-0 at a special Jan. 2 meeting to pay a negotiated retirement settlement of $122,726 to police chief Joe Sisler, including a full year’s salary, accrued vacation, sick time and comp time, and a lump sum to his retirement account.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/9/24
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Should the city of Eldridge improve the amplification of council meetings now, or wait until a new city hall is built?
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/9/24
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Republicans bring rural Scott County precinct caucuses to North Scott High School, Jan. 15, while Democrats countywide convene at Davenport North High School.
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1/9/24
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Eldridge council members approved new stop signs for roads in Eldridge’s newest subdivisions.
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1/10/24
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Scott County supervisors selected Ken Beck to continue as board chairman, at the Jan. 2 organizational meeting held at the administration center.
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1/10/24
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Scott County’s new information technology strategic assessment advises a bigger staff to collaborate more directly with county departments, not just respond to tech requests.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/10/24
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Republicans made it to school Monday, filling nearly every space in the snowy North Scott High School parking lot to give the U.S. its first political lesson of the election year.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/16/24
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Scott County Democrats echoed the sentiment of President Joe Biden when it came time to caucus: This is not a time to be complacent.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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1/16/24
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Princeton’s city trail committee will live on, and consider other uses for the $50,000 the city has saved over the past 10 years for a U.S. 67 trail.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/16/24
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Eldridge council members were scheduled to consider 14.3 percent raises for public works director Brian Wessel and sewer plant superintendent Tony Rupe as part of a transition plan for consolidating management of those departments.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/17/24
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Eldridge council members dropped the city’s long affiliation with Brooks Law attorneys and hired Allison Wright, of Pappas and Wright, Rock Island, for the city’s most frequent legal needs.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/23/24
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Longtime Eldridge city engineer Greg Schaapveld will be the new Scott County Planning and Development director.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/23/24
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School alarms meant for fire safety may inadvertently jeopardize lives if Iowa legislators do not pass a bill crafted around North Scott schools’ alarm policy.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/30/24
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Barb Vance has handled taxpayer money 45 years for Scott County, and she’s not done yet.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/30/24
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Scott, Cedar and Muscatine County landowners have more power than legislators to stop carbon waste pipelines planned through the counties, said two state legislators eager to see Iowa eliminate eminent domain as an option for developers.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/30/24
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