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The North Scott Press and the Scott County Farm Bureau welcome you to a forum of candidates for the Scott County Board of Supervisors, Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. at the Regional Innovation Center, 2205 S. 1st Street, Eldridge.
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9/30/26
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President Donald Trump announced Monday the company Mesabi Metallics plans to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, and said he’ll soon visit the state for a rally ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026, election.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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9/29/26
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Long Grove broke ground on its new water treatment plant Wednesday morning, Sept. 23. The plant will cost the city an estimated $2.8 million.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/29/26
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A second company plans to lay broadband cable in Walcott rights of way.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/29/26
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Scott County Administrator Mahesh Sharma has spent ten years at the helm of county government.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/29/26
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Supervisor Maria Bribriesco cast the lone vote against a staffing change Sheriff Tim Lane requested at the Scott County jail, arguing that it did not appropriately limit Lane’s spending and hiring authority.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/29/26
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The Iowa 80 Truckstop and Grand Haven Retirement Community are among five Scott County properties whose owners have sued to have their multimillion-dollar property valuations dropped lowered in district court.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/22/26
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While acknowledging there’s still work to be done and more discussion to be held, the Eldridge City Council and the Eldridge Volunteer Fire Company took a tentative step forward last Wednesday regarding the future of fire protection in Eldridge.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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9/15/26
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In response to complaints of excessive speeding on West Lincoln Road, the city of Eldridge will install a speed radar sign between South 1st and South 5th streets.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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9/15/26
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Walcott will annex 336 acres of farmland owned by the Iowa 80 Group and its subsidiaries, the city council decided last week.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/15/26
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Princeton City Council is preparing to put one of two lots given to the city by the former Princeton Presbyterian Church on the market.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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9/15/26
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Scott County supervisors decided not to hire outside counsel as it prepares to contest Central Iowa Power Cooperative’s request to site a powerplant outside Maysville.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/15/26
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A possible impound lot eyed for Dixon will not move forward, Clerk Nick Manrique told the city council Sept. 2.
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Noah Glasgow, NSP Staff Writer
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9/15/26
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Long Grove City Council agreed with Mayor Mike Limberg that city vehicles should be used for city business, not commuting, and voted to update the employee handbook accordingly last Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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9/15/26
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Karen Roebuck, candidate for Iowa House District 94, will hear from North Scott residents at an Eldridge library listening session Thursday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m.
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9/15/26
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Iowa PBS will host Iowa Press Debates: U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston.
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9/8/26
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The Scott County Board of Supervisors handled a light agenda last week, with only one major item regarding a proposed TIF district in Bettendorf.
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Erin M. Gentz, NSP Editor
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9/1/26
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Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins announced that Tuesday, Aug. 25, is the first day for voters to submit requests for absentee ballots by mail for the Nov. 3 General Election. You must request an absentee ballot to receive a ballot via the mail. Ballots will begin to be mailed on Oct. 14.
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9/1/26
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IOWA CITY — U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks spoke Monday with cancer survivors and researchers and signed the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s promise to support the network’s priorities to end cancer.
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Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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9/1/26
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Two national Democratic lawmakers endorsed Josh Turek for U.S. Senate on Saturday and called for term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices and lawmakers.
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Joanna Schroeder, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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9/1/26
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