Scott County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Roxanna Moritz reminds voters wishing to vote in the June 2, 2020 Iowa Primary Election that the deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is this Friday, May 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. more

Long Grove council members voted unanimously to allow Dale Grunwald to begin selling lots on his Winfield Estates Second addition. more

Rita Hart’s living room campaign is an unending series of phone calls and Zoom meetings to reach voters she’s more accustomed to encountering on their front porches and festival parade routes. more

Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz reports 17,899 early ballots requested and mailed  as of Monday. That's nearly 10 times the early ballots mailed in the 2016 primary. more

Scott County Supervisors added staff and software intended to restrict access to the county administration building through the end of this year, and possibly next. more

Four Dems compete to challenge Joni Ernst more

Scott County supervisors agreed to amend county code to allow larger and taller on-premises signs, a request from Kwik Star for a proposed store at the southwest quadrant of the U.S. 61 and Interstate 280 interchange just west of Davenport. more

All five candidates tout close alignment with President Trump on immigration and pandemic more

Iowa PBS will hold an Iowa Press debate for the U.S. Senate Democratic Primary on Monday, May 18 at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston. The hour-long debate will begin at 8 p.m. The program will air live on statewide Iowa PBS and be streamed on iowapbs.org, YouTube and Facebook. more

The Republican Party of Iowa announced that the 2020 State Convention, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 13, will not be convening in person due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the State Central Committee voted unanimously to mail paper ballots to all state convention delegates. more

The pandemic slowdown dropped Scott County tax, fee and other revenue 13 percent lower than originally budgeted, and county budget director David Farmer anticipates more shortfalls by fiscal year end June 30. more

Scott County Supervisors declined Sheriff Tim Lane’s request to boost compensation of a jail administrative post. more