Valley Construction crews have 54 workdays left on their $4.8 million contract to widen First Street and LeClaire Road, and city engineer Greg Schaapveld told council members Monday it will be close, but he believes they’ll make it.
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5/3/23
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Scott County supervisors Tuesday morning committee meetings move to 8:30 a.m. beginning May 9.
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5/3/23
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Eldridge council members and Mayor Frank King welcomed Nevada Lemke May 1 as the new city administrator.
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5/3/23
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Scott County’s Eldridge warehouse has persistent roof leaks that are affecting auditor and health department storage areas.
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5/10/23
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Princeton is seeking engineering firms to design a recreational trail along U.S. 67 that some council members want to route closer to the river.
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5/17/23
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Council members agreed to share clerk Kisa Tweed with the town of Dixon.
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5/17/23
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Long Grove finances still need more eyes and signatures on receipts, disbursements, and payroll, according to the council’s self-initiated audit presented this month.
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5/17/23
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A few barricades are coming down around Eldridge’s $4.8 million First and LeClaire Road project this week.
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5/17/23
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Three new members elected to the Park View Owners Association board promise changes to the operations of the board that oversees the unincorporated community of 3,000.
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5/23/23
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The future of wind power in Scott County hits the Planning and Zoning Commission’s June agenda.
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5/23/23
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Eldridge council members added two more special closed sessions to the series of private meetings held over the last two months.
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5/24/23
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Iowa state auditor Rob Sand's office today released a report on a special investigation of the City of Eldridge, revealing more than $76,000 in improper financial disbursements. The investigation was requested by the city over concerns regarding financial transactions processed by former city clerk Denise Benson.
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5/25/23
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Eldridge clerk Denise Benson’s abuse of city funds went far beyond 549 unauthorized charges on the city’s Amazon card.
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5/30/23
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More development is coming to Eldridge.
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6/6/23
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Scott County sheriff’s deputies arrested Denise Benson Wednesday after a search of her Long Grove home found items purchased with city of Eldridge credit cards.
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6/14/23
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At least one councilman is eying the Scott County Library building in Eldridge as a new city hall and police station, and Mayor Frank King said a public discussion is planned
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6/20/23
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Princeton council members promoted police chief Wyatt Heyvaert to city manager June 15 after the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council declined to certify him as an Iowa police officer.
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6/20/23
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Construction work was expected to close First Street at the fire station this week, launching a detour that moves traffic to Cadda Road on Pine and Main Streets.
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6/20/23
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A petition from 55 Princeton residents asks the council to not borrow a nickel for any engineering work on a trail through town, thus rejecting a $186,674 grant that would cover 80 percent of the cost.
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6/21/23
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Eldridge will use federal pandemic aid to cover a $162,231.30, five-year contract chief Joe Sisler said is necessary to keep collecting and using police body and squad-car camera evidence.
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6/21/23
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