Get updates from Scott County’s state legislative delegation at a public forum, 10 a.m. to noon, April 15 at the Bettendorf library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf.
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4/11/23
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None of the 27 applicants for an opening on the Scott County Board of Supervisors should have been kept secret, and all should be disclosed now, according to a new lawsuit filed against the county and top elections official, auditor Kerri Tompkins.
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4/11/23
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Eldridge council members on Monday set a $3.316 million property tax levy for next fiscal year that is 4.6 percent more than this fiscal year.
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4/5/23
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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate encourages Iowans who receive a “No Activity” notice from his office in the mail to respond to it quickly. Registered voters who did not participate in the 2022 general election have been made inactive and will receive a notice in the mail to confirm their residential address. Those who do not respond will remain as an “inactive” status.
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4/5/23
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New $14,504-a-year election management software products from a Minnesota firm will help county auditor Kerri Tompkins manage and share voting results.
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4/5/23
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Long Grove farmer Chuck Brockmann, lower right, joins Scott County Republicans executive team as vice chairman.
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4/5/23
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Long Grove’s 231 city utility customers might get a better deal through MidAmerican as the city’s power costs continue to climb.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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4/5/23
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Get updates from Scott County’s state legislative delegation at a public forum, 10 a.m. to noon, April 15 at the Bettendorf library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf.
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4/5/23
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Scott County Supervisors plan to make MEDIC ambulance service a county agency April 13, give it a new name, and create a new department that may require additional county subsidies, but will not raise the tax rate, board chairman Ken Beck said.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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4/4/23
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Long Grove’s First Street makeover will begin in May under a contract won by hometown builder Chad Ihrig, whose $2.365 million bid came in just a hair under four other very close bids.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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4/4/23
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Wait for the rollbacks.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/29/23
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Scott County supervisors bought an online evidence management system the county attorney says is needed to handle an avalanche of digital evidence.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/29/23
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Scott County Democrats recruited rural county leadership for a revamped executive board that includes two veteran party activists from Davenport, under the direction of new county chairman, Eldridge activist Kay Pence.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/29/23
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Scott County Republican party chairman Jeanita McNulty said the GOP added one more rural resident to the party executive team that already has two living in Buffalo Township.
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3/29/23
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County officials dead-set against a carbon waste pipeline across Scott County are hosting a rally at North Scott High School, Monday, Nov. 28, to cultivate more opposition to the ADM project.
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Mark Ridolfi
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11/22/22
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Eldridge’s Easter afternoon power outage spurred more talk, and a council member’s call to action on a second MidAmerican power line to the city’s utility.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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4/6/21
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Meet Iowa Democrats' U.S. Senate candidates
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Four Dems compete to challenge Joni Ernst
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Mark Ridolfi
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5/20/20
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