Long Grove council members will take a closer look at open burning regulations following some council members’ concerns about smoky fires. more

The counting is not over in Scott County’s double check of the closest congressional race in the nation. Scott County supervisors Tuesday evening delayed until Monday, Nov. 30, the final … more

Eldridge utility electric costs will go up about 8.88 percent for the city’s 2,472 residential customers beginning Dec. 18, the first of two planned rate hikes to offset the first losses from the city’s shared ownership of a power plant. more

Eldridge closed municipal buildings and sent city administrator Lisa Kotter home for quarantine after mayor Marty O’Boyle tested positive for COVID-19 one day after leading a city council meeting. more

Eldridge stiffened fines for residents who park on streets during snow emergencies, or shovel snow into streets, and added a new $75 administrative fee for residents who fail to shovel sidewalks in front of their properties. more

Princeton leaders launched a long-term visioning project for the town by participating in a planning meeting hosted by Iowa State University’s Living Roadway Community Visioning program. more

Riverstone Mining’s quarry near New Liberty will get twice as big, and add rock crushers and storage following Scott County Supervisors’ rezoning of 58.5 acres of farmland for industrial development. more

Scott County residents remember an energetic, outgoing Roger Jepsen who barnstormed his way from a Scott County board seat to a term in the U.S. Senate. more

Scott County election authorities on Tuesday joined a recount of the closest congressional election in the nation. more

Scott County supervisors on Tuesday approved the county’s final vote count following a heavy election turnout that county auditor Roxanna Moritz said wrapped up, “fairly smoothly.” more

State Sens. Chris Cournoyer, R-LeClaire and Mark Lofgren, R-Muscatine, were elected Assistant Majority Leaders Nov. 6, by their Republican colleagues. more

Split-ticketing Scott County voters delivered victories to every Democrat atop this year’s ballot, while still returning contested incumbents from both parties to the state legislature. more