DES MOINES, IOWA (September 19, 2024) — Auditor of State Rob Sand today released an agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Elma, Iowa, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The agreed-upon procedures engagement was performed pursuant to Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.

Auditor Sand reported twenty-two findings related to the receipt and disbursement of tax-payer funds. They are found on pages nine through fourteen of this report.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 19, 2024) — Power in Our Numbers (a non-partisan partnership of local organizations) will be sponsoring a People’s Forum Series for the Scott County Sheriff and Scott County Auditor offices. The purpose of the forum is to allow the residents of Scott County an opportunity to meet the candidates for sheriff and auditor; and to ask questions and gather information about them.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 19, 2024) — Tonight looks to be a high migration night for Iowa and the Upper Mississippi River. River Action will turn off the bridge lights on the arches of the Centennial bridge, September 19, through the duration of the fall migration.

Citizens are urged to turn off any unnecessary lighting, as well, to help our feathered friends find their way and reduce collisions.

An estimated 382 million birds will migrate through the upper Midwest tonight.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 18, 2024) — The Downtown Bettendorf Organization (DBO) is celebrating the first renewal of its Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID). The SSMID will go into effect for five more years.