First: JOSHUA Middle: JAMES Last: FLOCKHART Affix: Permanent ID: 06-35006 Sex: Male Date of Birth: 10/19/1978 Current Age: 44 Age at Booking: 44 Height: 6' 01" Weight: 220 Pounds Race: White … more

First: KENNETH Middle: WADE Last: BURROUGHS Affix: Permanent ID: 11-05919 Sex: Male Date of Birth: 1/6/1961 Current Age: 62 Age at Booking: 62 Height: 5' 08" Weight: 195 Pounds Race: White Hair … more

First: TEHNIKA Middle: DAWN Last: BAKER Affix: Permanent ID: 22-28222 Sex: Female Date of Birth: 8/18/1980 Current Age: 42 Age at Booking: 42 Height: 5' 06" Weight: 198 Pounds Race: White Hair … more

First: ROBERT Middle: ANTHONY Last: PAYNE Affix: SR Permanent ID: 03-25164 Sex: Male Date of Birth: 12/10/1979 Current Age: 43 Age at Booking: 43 Height: 6' 00" Weight: 180 Pounds Race: African … more

First: AMANDA Middle: ANN Last: OVERSTREET Affix: Permanent ID: 22-27260 Sex: Female Date of Birth: 8/17/1991 Current Age: 31 Age at Booking: 31 Height: 5' 04" Weight: 120 Pounds Race: White … more

First: EVERETT Middle: RICHARD Last: EWOLDT Affix: Permanent ID: 12-07168 Sex: Male Date of Birth: 10/11/1974 Current Age: 48 Age at Booking: 48 Height: 5' 09" Weight: 140 Pounds Race: White … more

View the Eldridge police report from the May 10 NSP! more

View the Scott County sheriff's report from the May 10 NSP! more

Walcott is sending Zane Augustine to 2023 Hawkeye Boys State June 11-16. more

The American Legion Auxiliary sends girls that have completed their junior year in high school every year to Girls State. more

A nonfiction picture book by local author Jill Esbaum, "Jack Knight's Brave Flight:  How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the U.S. Air Mail Service," has been named one of three 2023 Honor Books in the Children's Nonfiction category by the Chicago-based Society of Midland Authors at their annual awards banquet. more

The American/Schleswig-Holstein Society quarterly meeting will be held at 1:30 on Sunday May, 21, at the Walcott American Legion, 121 W. Bryant St., Walcott. more

Sally Sue Mordhorst, age 79, of Walcott, passed away Monday, May 8, 2023, at Wilton Retirement Community.  A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 12, at Calvary United Methodist Church, Walcott.  A visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m., prior to the service at the church.  Burial will take place in Walcott Cemetery.  Memorials may be given to Calvary United Methodist Church.  Online condolences may be left at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com. more

Darlene Hook, 91, of rural Wapello, died Sunday, April 30, 2023, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. more

Alan K. Kay, 82, a resident of Eldridge, died on Monday, May 1, 2023, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, after an extended illness.  more

Lawmakers delivered on the Iowa Farm Bureau’s top priority: Strict limits on property tax increases, with more public votes on big capital projects, whether town councils or county boards borrow or not. more

"This is Teacher Appreciation Week. Let us celebrate our teachers in Iowa by showing them love and respect. The last several years have been difficult for all, but teachers had additional unforeseen burdens ..." more

"Given the vertiginous speed in which the Republican legislators passed bills this legislative session, and the lack of credible rationale for their passage, it’s time Iowans examine the carnage brought onto middle and lower economic status children ..." more

"Family farm groups from Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri gathered in Des Moines on April 29 to celebrate the 90th birthday of our friend, country music legend Willie Nelson ..." more

May 4 was the final day of the 2023 session. Much of last week was taken up with debate over the $8.517 billion budget. During debate on the largest budget bill, Democrats claimed funding for Area Education Associations was being cut. more