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President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa have refiled their lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its former pollster, J. Ann Selzer, over the results of a 2024 Iowa ...

A group of Republican lawmakers, who have opposed carbon sequestration pipelines in Iowa, penned a letter to U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst this week asking her to remove a tax credit incentivizing carbon ...

Winning on the water 250 meters away from the finish line, Eldridge brothers Eamon and Graham Matlock could taste the championship trophy ...

Farmer’s markets are a stable for both big and small communities in the summertime, filled with vendors eager to share that season’s harvest with frequent buyers and new customers alike. For Shanna ...

On the elementary side, Stineman reported 72 percent of kindergarten through 6th grade students hitting their benchmarks in both literacy and math, easily beating the state averages of 65 percent in ...

While Eldridge City Council members say they’re still committed to moving forward on an agreement with the fire department, they also say they want to avoid sending mixed signals regarding its ...

The Eldridge Summer Festival Committee is excited to announce Max Birtell as the Grand Marshal of the 2025 Eldridge Summer Festival parade, set to wind through the streets of Eldridge on July 12 at 11 ...

The Eldridge-North Scott Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2025 Free Summer Concert Series lineup. These free concerts are made possible by the generosity of our title sponsor, Central ...

The city of Eldridge will replace a culvert near South 1 st Street and East Blackhawk Trail, but council members balked at a request to help pay for upsizing drainage tile in a field on the northeast ...

The Eldridge Police Department is reminding youth to be careful when riding their scooters and bikes around town this summer. The department said it has experienced an increase in reports of scooter ...