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Newly elected supervisors Ross Paustian and Jean Dickson joined the Dec. 9 meeting. Both have attended briefings by county administrator Mahesh Sharma and budget director David Farmer. Republicans Paustian and Dickson succeed Democratic supervisor Brinson Kinzer, and Ken Croken, who did not seek reelection.
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12/13/22
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Scott County elected officials hope Wolf Carbon Solutions representatives learned something about the people and towns along the path of their proposed carbon waste pipeline across the county.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/13/22
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Eldridge’s new food truck ordinance aims to draw vendors to town who have proper insurance, licensing and ability to pay an annual fee to be set later by the council.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/7/22
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The Eldridge recreation and fitness center is up for sale.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/7/22
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Voters in South Carolina would go first in picking Democratic presidential nominees, followed by Nevada, New Hampshire, Georgia and Michigan if their states go along with a proposal a key Democratic National Committee panel approved.
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Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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12/7/22
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The 488 absentee ballots missed in county auditor Kerri Tompkins’ election night recount included 4,969 votes cast for Democrats and 2,706 for Republicans.
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11/22/22
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Iowa’s Medical Cannabidiol Board will ask the state Legislature to exempt medical marijuana products from Iowa’s sales tax and change its business licensing procedure for dispensaries.
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11/22/22
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View the Scott County Sheriff's report from the November 23 NSP!
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11/22/22
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Eldridge council members will consider putting the city’s fitness center up for sale, just as the North Scott YMCA prepares to open.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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11/22/22
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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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Scott County Auditor offered this updated at 12:44 p.m.:
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11/16/22
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Allens Grove
Turnout................. 66%
Grassley................. 67%
Miller-Meeks................. 68%
Reynolds................. 70%
Constitutional gun amendment: 75%
More than …
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11/16/22
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Poll worker errors at one precinct and an order from the Iowa Secretary of State prompted an election recount authorized Tuesday by Scott County supervisors.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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11/16/22
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Long Grove council members dimmed First Street renovation plans just a bit by eliminating decorative sidewalks and overhead lighting, and replacing it with more functional light poles every 80 feet.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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11/16/22
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Freedom of Information requests to the city of Eldridge have produced hundreds of pages of public records, but little insight into the amounts, duration and specific improper credit card transaction that led to the council’s firing of city clerk Denise Benson.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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11/15/22
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Scott County voters swept Republicans into almost all county offices, riding an ideological wave the winners credit for the win, but say won’t change much in the county.
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11/15/22
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Eldridge council members on Monday welcomed the North Scott school board’s plan for an agriculture and vocational center by rezoning the district's South First Street property for a public facility.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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11/8/22
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Scott County will replace about half of its digital cameras for $592,625.30 and move to cloud-based storage with recurring fees.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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11/2/22
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Scott County supervisors banned parking on the first 50 feet of Manor Drive on the 270th Street entrance to Park View. They voted unanimously on the first of three readings of a resolution sought by the Park View Owners Association board.
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11/2/22
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Gov. Kim Reynolds’ allies asked a judge Friday to reinstitute the state’s “fetal heartbeat” law in light of the recent U.S. and Iowa Supreme Court decisions overturning constitutional protections for abortion.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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11/2/22
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