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Eldridge council members will be able to consider a whole new range of uses for property zoned for industry.
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8/8/23
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The Eldridge city council and Scott County library board members will meet 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 28, at the library to discuss the future of the library headquarters in Eldridge.
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8/8/23
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Martha Nieto brings 20 years of finance experience to Eldridge city hall, along with an eagerness to learn more.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/8/23
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New MEDIC ambulance director Paul Andorf expects county residents will notice little about the ambulance service’s transition from independent nonprofit to a full-fledged department of Scott County.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/8/23
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More than 5,000 Scott County homeowners applied for the new senior homestead property tax exemption available to those 65 and older.
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8/8/23
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A plan to add to the Eldridge police fleet stalled when council members disagreed about the need, and who controls thousands of dollars raised by on-duty police officers.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/8/23
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Long Grove council members will open their ears and council chambers 6 p.m., Aug. 22 to residents for feedback on some long-pending issues:
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/15/23
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Eldridge police donors filled city hall to demand that the police chief have sole control over $115,000 in donations generated by off-duty private functions, and by on-duty officer Garrett Jahns.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/22/23
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All Eldridge council members said the Scott County Library should stay in town, but some want the library to pay more.
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8/22/23
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Scott County supervisors’ lobbyists are bracing for another round of state legislation to reduce property tax revenue, and siphon away part of sales taxes the county relies on to keep local tax rates low.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/23/23
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Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Thomas Homan will share a message about security at the Mexican border as the keynote speaker at Scott County Republicans’ Ronald Reagan Dinner, Oct. 12 at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center.
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8/23/23
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More than 100 residents who crowded into the Scott County Library Monday made sure Eldridge council members heard strong support for a library that every council member said will not be moving anywhere.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/29/23
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Scott County will rely on Ray Nees to guide supervisors’ land-use decisions when he takes over next month as director of planning.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/5/23
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Gov. Kim Reynolds “has not influenced” the state permit process for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that is nearing its conclusion, a spokesperson said this week.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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9/6/23
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Supervisors hired Ted Breckenfelder as a senior assistant county attorney for $109,699 per year, with two weeks’ vacation. Breckenfelder is a private practice attorney in Bettendorf who replaces Caleb Copley.
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9/6/23
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Denise Benson’s guilty plea on two of five criminal charges comes with a restitution order for $36,346.20 to the city of Eldridge, for losses that totaled $82,786.33.
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9/12/23
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Eldridge council members officially welcomed RILCO to town with a series of votes that implements the $3.5 million in property tax rebates the council agreed to earlier this summer.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/12/23
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The Eldridge council approved the final of three readings applying a new, planned residential overlay district on the Grunwald Grove second addition already zoned R-3 for multi-family homes. The overlay district was created to allow developer Dale Grunwald to build attached, four-plex townhomes, instead of the condominium buildings allowed under R-3.
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9/13/23
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Eldridge council members hope to provide some direction about the future of Scott County Library before the Nov. 7 election.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/19/23
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Hard to imagine, perhaps, but some Scott County residents find comfort, assurance and hope for the future at the very same place others blame for lying, cheating and fraud.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/19/23
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