Scott County News

The Iowa Supreme Court this morning ordered a new trial for a teen convicted of first-degree murder for a 2006 drive-by shooting in Davenport.

THE SCOTT COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS TRYING TO FIND OUT IF PRECINCT BOUNDARIES ARE RIGHT.

A new trial has been ordered for a teenager convicted of first-degree murder in the 2006 shooting death of a Davenport woman.

This was apparently the first time a voter was turned away from the expected voting location to another.

The polls opened Tuesday in Iowa for Municipal Election Day and voters at one polling place in Davenport, were greeted with a lot of electronic equipment.

SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE WALTON SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH PROOF TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST A FORMER DAVENPORT POLICE OFFICER AT THIS TIME.

Three Riverdale residents won yet another legal fight this week against city officials in a battle over openness in government.

An East Moline, Ill., woman was killed Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle traffic accident south of Le Claire in Scott County.

One woman is dead and another is charged with Vehicular Homicide in connection with a deadly crash in Le Claire, Iowa.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki will return to Iowa next month to raise money for local Republicans.

A recount is underway challenging the results of last week's primary election in Davenport.

Almost fifty cities in Iowa will have to pay more money into the Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System.

It seems stray cats are becoming a big problem in some Davenport neighborhoods. Charles Paulman has lived in a northwest mobile home community for about a year and says stray cats are making themselves at home around his home.

A man in his 80s was rescued from an 8-foot hole filling with water on his farm near Walcott.

Authorities say a man trapped in an 8-foot hole on his farm near Walcott was rescued as the hole filled with water.

For some it was an early morning spent racing for a job. Dozens of candidates for jobs at the Scott County Sheriff's Department were put to the test today in Bettendorf.

The deadline has passed for candidates to file the paperwork needed to run for mayor of Cedar Rapids.

Area residents can safely dispose of old medications, exchange mercury thermometers for a digital, pick up and drop off sharps containers, and have data-sensitive documents shredded free of charge during Operation Medicine Cabinet, September 24-26, 2009.

A Davenport man has pleaded guilty to felony intimidation with a dangerous weapon in connection with shots fired at a DeWitt trailer park last year.

There's an election going on Tuesday in Iowa. Voters are choosing school board members and deciding other issues.