Thirteen family members and friends defended Eldridge police chief Joe Sisler to council members Monday and vowed he would be cleared of the undisclosed reasons Mayor Frank King put him on paid leave Oct. 16.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/21/23
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Eldridge will add another vape and tobacco store following council’s 4-1 vote Monday granting a permit to Eldridge Tobacco and Vape owner, Mohammed Elzofri, of Davenport, for a new shop at 600 E. LeClaire Road, suite 5.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/15/23
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Eldridge voters picked Scott Campbell, Ryan Iossi and Adrian Blackwell for council from a field of nine candidates.
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11/15/23
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Travis Volrath won the mayor’s seat with no opposition.
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11/15/23
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Eldridge and Scott County teamed up to seek federal grant funding for an estimated $2.2 million resurfacing of North First Street, from Donahue street, north to the Long Grove city limits.
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11/15/23
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A split Princeton council vote authorized up to $234,593 in engineering and design work on a mile-long trail along U.S. 67, at least until the next council is seated Jan. 1.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/14/23
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Jose Almanza agreed to take over as Princeton police chief after Jan. 12, his last day as a Chicago police homicide detective.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/14/23
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Eldridge council members sought limits on vape shops Monday, after delaying action on a permit for a new store that would be the sixth offering vapes.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/8/23
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Mayor Frank King and city administrator Nevada Lemke put police chief Joe Sisler on administrative leave, council member Brian Dockery said Monday.
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11/8/23
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Voters pick school board, mayor and town council candidate in voting that concluded Nov. 7 at Scott County polling places.
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11/1/23
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Precincts and polling places for Nov. 7.
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11/1/23
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Eldridge, Princeton, Buffalo, and Riverdale voters will find contested council seats on their Nov. 7 ballots.
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10/31/23
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Poison Hemlock and Hoary Cress, or pepper grass, remain the top weed control problems in Scott County.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/31/23
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CANDIDATE GUIDE: Eldridge City Council
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10/24/23
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Scott County deputies will patrol Princeton while city council members interview chief candidates.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/18/23
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Long Grove awarded trail construction, and water system engineering contracts, advancing work on the city’s $3.8 million improvement plan.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/18/23
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More than $500,000 in technology contracts will make old Scott County records accessible to today’s residents.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/18/23
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As early as April, Eldridge council members were alerted to liability concerns based on fired police officer Andrew Denoyer’s on-duty sex abuse of a minor two years earlier.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/17/23
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The NSP sent surveys Oct. 5 to nine candidates for three Eldridge council seats. Deadline was Friday, Oct. 13.
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10/17/23
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Expect the Eldridge council to offer a lease that will keep the Scott County Library in town at least another 25 years, at a rate the library can afford.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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10/17/23
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