County road F58 will get a new asphalt surface from Durant to Walcott by a long-time county contractor who got a stern warning from Scott County Board chairman Ken Beck.
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1/17/23
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Courtesy Ford added $4,488.64 to each of three Transit vans ordered by Scott County supervisors last June.
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1/11/23
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Supervisors promoted county human resources assistant Vanessa Wierman to succeed Mary Thee as director. The board hired Wierman at $101,234 to replace Thee, who also served as assistant administrator.
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1/11/23
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Food truck vendors interested in Eldridge customers will have to pay a $125 annual fee for the privilege.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/11/23
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley volunteer Laura Wiley, and Brianna Prewitt accepted a National Mentoring Month proclamation from mayor Frank King.
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1/11/23
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New Scott County treasurer Tony Knobbe says he brings a supervisor’s eye on the budget to his new department head position.
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1/11/23
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Scott County will appoint, not elect, a successor to supervisor Tony Knobbe, and interested residents should get resumés in by Jan. 24.
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1/10/23
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A $33,500 study will chart Scott County’s path to assume MEDIC ambulance and make it a countywide department.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/10/23
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Scott County supervisors stuck with red to mow roadsides, replacing two Case IH tractors with 2023 models that came in $27,783, or 8.5 percent lower than those in John Deere green.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/10/23
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Scott County will appoint, not elect, a successor to supervisor Tony Knobbe, and interested residents should get resumes in by Jan. 24.
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1/5/23
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A proposed recreational zoning ordinance accepts 13 county, state or federal parks in the county, establishes new zoning requirements for any new public parks, and allows special-permitted private parks “on a case-by-case basis.”
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/28/22
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Eldridge council members tweaked a food truck ordinance on the second of three required readings.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/27/22
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Long Grove is taking its first steps to consider the sale of the city’s electric utility.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/21/22
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Eldridge’s First Street and LeClaire Road intersection will remain closed through winter, after cold weather hit before concrete could be poured.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/21/22
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Princeton council members will initiate work sessions with the city attorney to craft tax cuts and other incentives for developing the Anderson 400 bluff-top property annexed into the city in 2018.
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12/21/22
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Expect to see a lot of the city’s contracted engineer Jason McKenzie through March.
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12/21/22
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After weeks of public discussion about new parking rules, Long Grove welcomes residents’ feedback on nine new rules and nine special provisions for RVs and boats.
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12/21/22
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The Eldridge Rec and Fitness Center will become a North Scott schools wrestling practice gym to handle an explosion of interest from boys and girls in the sport.
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Ross Shinberg and Mark Ridolfi
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12/20/22
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Wait for it. A text and alert on your cell phone 1 p.m. Sunday is just Scott County Emergency Management Agency’s first test of a warning system it has yet to use.
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12/16/22
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Federal pandemic aid continues to lift Scott County’s general fund balances at fiscal year end, according to an audit through June 30.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/14/22
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