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Eldridge council members enacted a new employee handbook and passed a residency requirement that will force changes in the city’s utility department, including ouster of long-time utility board chairman Brock Kroeger.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/22/24
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Scott County Board Chairman Ken Beck will seek a third term on the Board of Supervisors.
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2/21/24
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Matt Trimble, 53, of Davenport, is running for Scott County auditor after serving as an AEA educator, labor organizer, and county chairman for the Democratic Party.
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2/21/24
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Scott County supervisors promised to provide local match funds needed if the state of Iowa provides grants for the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds to fund a $1.5 million grandstand renovation, and the Figge Art Museum to install a $900,000 exterior light show.
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2/21/24
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Eldridge mayor Frank King swore in Andrew Lellig as new police chief.
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2/20/24
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Six-percent negotiated wage increases next year for county jail staff won’t be enough to resolve staffing shortages that threaten to significantly change jail operations, Sheriff Tim Lane told supervisors.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/20/24
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Long Grove is looking to revive a park board with five members who can implement a new park plan, identify long term needs and promote park use.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/14/24
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Long Grove will turn this year’s Sunday, June 9, Strawberry Festival Day into a weekend of activities, with two extra days of live music, a car show, family games and other surprises.
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2/14/24
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A five-member utility advisory committee will guide Long Grove’s electric, water and sewer services, advising the council on rates and expenditures.
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2/14/24
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Eldridge council members agreed to bump up the town property tax rate by two cents, which will bring in $3.44 million in property taxes.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/13/24
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Property acquisition tops the Eldridge council list to commit federal pandemic aid by year’s end.
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2/7/24
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Scott County supervisors prepared for this year’s elections by buying $416,000 in new pollbooks, bumping pay for many poll workers, and changing to lump-sum or bundled payments that cover a minimum guaranteed hours.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/7/24
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Scott County supervisors shut down Riverstone Group’s plan for a concrete and asphalt recycling plant in Mount Joy, saying it is a poor fit for the growing business and residential area between Davenport and Eldridge.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/6/24
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Eldridge deputy police chief Andrew Lellig bested five other applicants to win the top job, congratulations and thanks from Eldridge council members, Monday.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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2/6/24
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Property acquisition? Parks improvements? New equipment?
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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1/31/24
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Scott County supervisors plan to let Community Health Care operate a homeless medical clinic in part of a little-used county building in central Davenport.
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1/31/24
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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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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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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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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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