A wide First Street with sidewalks and gutters would be illuminated by halogen lamps suspended from wire criss-crossed overhead. more

Four candidates run for three nominations more

Early voting in Eldridge today more

Long Grove  council members gave clerk Rosina Guyer a big raise and a new title for her leadership and education in exchange for a five-year commitment to stay on with the city she’s worked for since 2016. more

Eldridge council members awarded interim city administrator Tony Rupe a 10-percent pay increase Monday, and at least three council members said they’re ready to dispense with the “interim” title he’s carried six months. more

Demolition could begin as early as July and construction launched in October for a two-story Scott County juvenile detention center estimated to cost $26,070,000, supervisors learned Tuesday. more

A lawsuit brought by Iowa Capital Dispatch and others against Gov. Kim Reynolds that alleges her office repeatedly failed to comply with the state’s Open Records Law will proceed, a judge ruled Friday. more

Iowa first district Democratic candidate Christina Bohannan, joined other party members on the ballot for a meet-and-greet Saturday at Sheridan Meadows Park. more

Eldridge launches a busy construction season this month with the $4.8 million widening of First Street and LeClaire Road, and Central Scott Telephone installing fiber connections throughout town. more

State Rep. Christina Bohannan of Iowa City, the Democratic Party candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st District, will meet the public in Eldridge at a free "Meet and Greet" event on Saturday, May 7 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sheridan Meadows Park pavilion. more

Iowa gas stations would be required to sell fuel with a higher ethanol blend under a long-awaited biofuels deal among Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate. more

More than $5 billion headed to Iowa through the federal infrastructure bill will particularly help rural areas, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne said Thursday. more