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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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Scott County will hire a business consultant to guide MEDIC ambulance's transition to a county agency.
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12/14/22
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Newly elected supervisors Ross Paustian and Jean Dickson joined the Dec. 9 meeting. Both have attended briefings by county administrator Mahesh Sharma and budget director David Farmer. Republicans Paustian and Dickson succeed Democratic supervisor Brinson Kinzer, and Ken Croken, who did not seek reelection.
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12/13/22
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Scott County elected officials hope Wolf Carbon Solutions representatives learned something about the people and towns along the path of their proposed carbon waste pipeline across the county.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/13/22
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Eldridge credit card records show former clerk Denise Benson used city cards to order thousands of dollars in clothing, tools, horse supplies and gifts delivered to her Long Grove home.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/13/22
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