A solar array at Princeton’s sewer plant could save the city money on utility bills. Or it could lock the city into payments on a loan unlikely to outprice the cost of energy. more

They’re creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and altogether ooky, but this isn’t your parents’ “Addams Family.” more

Veteran Long Grove city clerk Rose Guyer has an assistant built from scratch. She hand-picked its skills and invented its personality. She decides how it thinks, and for how long. more

North Scott students learned a moving lesson about finding beauty in tragedy on Friday. more

Princeton’s derelict hotel, 514 S. River Drive, came down Friday, April 10, five months after site owners promised demolition and redevelopment. more

The Walcott Fire Department dropped a request to charge community groups for use of its meeting room. more

Supervisors approved the purchase of two Polaris Ranger side-by-side vehicles for the sheriff’s office last week. more

County tax revenues on casino gaming appear unlikely to meet hopeful budget figures for 2025–26. more

Princeton City Council will have spent about $10,000 with engineers by the time it hears bids on a solar array that would power the city sewer plant. more

It was a full house, at least for a little while, at Monday’s North Scott School Board meeting, as board members handed out three Lancer Pride Awards. more

Athletes from across eastern Iowa participated in the Special Olympic track and field events Saturday. A full day of activities began with opening ceremonies in the gym at North Scott Junior High before moving over to Lancer Stadium. more

Runners gathered for one-mile and 5K races for the Quad City Veterans Outreach Center in Walcott Saturday. Participants ranged from veteran to civilian, old to young, two-legged to four -legged to stroller-bound. more

Efforts to keep North Scott students safe at school continue every single day, and the North Scott School Board heard an update from the district’s safety committee Monday. more

Travel with Connie Koehn on Tuesday, April 21, 3 p.m. at the DeWitt Operahouse to enjoy the “Beauty of Europe’s Churches, Monasteries and Convents.”  The presentation will focus on the various elements that add beauty to these buildings, looking at those elements from the top down and the inside out.  Examples will span many centuries of buildings from the catacombs in Salzburg, Austria, to several 20th century structures.  The emphasis will be on the visual, not a lot of facts and figures, and will include examples from above the Arctic Circle to Greece and from Spain to Russia. And it’s Pie Day! more

Dress for Success Quad Cities will host a community open house on Thursday, April 16, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at 423 E. 32nd St. in Davenport. more

View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the April 15 NSP! more

View the Eldridge Police report from the April 15 NSP! more

It was a dark and stormy night. more

A second push for a natural gas power plant in rural Scott County began Monday when representatives with Central Iowa Power Cooperative and neighbors opposed to the project sparred in a hearing before a state utility commissioner. more

While stocking caps were more likely to be seen than Easter bonnets on Saturday, that didn't stop the Friends of Donahue from holding their annual Easter egg hunt.  The grounds of John Glenn Elementary School were strewn with hundreds of eggs containing candy and other prizes. Within minutes, all the eggs were collected and the children came in from the wind to count their spoils. more