Cresco Council
CRESCO - Public Works Director Rod Freidhof told council members at the Sept. 4 meeting staff are continuing to work on the street lights. “We will be able to change the angle of the lights if we need to.”
In addition, he noted bids for the Vernon Road project were to be opened on Sept. 10. The...
Cresco - Mike Walton and Vassil Vutov of MiBroadband, a partner of MiEnergy Cooperative, attended the Cresco City Council’s Dec. 3 meeting, asking to install an antenna on the water tower.
Walton later explained, “This whole endeavor is based on our cooperative speaking to all our substations....
Cresco - Bill Caffrey, Cresco Park & Rec Director, gave the actual revenue and expenses of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 to Cresco City Council at its regular meeting on Nov. 5.
~ He noted there were 60 rentals of Kessel Lodge (excluding meal site) compared with 72 from the prior year....
Cresco - Howard County is planning to repave the Vernon Road from Cresco City limits to the bridge at Vernon Springs in spring 2019, Cresco City Council learned at the Oct. 15 meeting.
Council members voted to do a feasibility study on having a street project for the City portion of Vernon Road....
CRESCO - According to Public Works Director Rod Freidhof, the alley project has run into some interesting issues, which will cost more than expected for the project.
“We ran into a well that needed to be capped, the need for a new sanitary sewer manhole and some old steam pipe,” he said. But...
CRESCO - Around 15 residents, representing 21 properties on a three-block section of 2nd St. East in Cresco, tried to convince council members not to proceed with a reconstruction project to no avail. Council voted to move forward despite their arguments at the regular bi-monthly meeting on Feb....
CRESCO - Police Officer Keefe Williams performed the Oath of Office to start off the Dec. 4 Cresco City Council meeting. He was hired the end of July and completed his training the end of November. He had some family members on hand to watch him sign the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.
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CRESCO - No need to get too excited about the future installation of a cell tower by Verizon. With all the paperwork, soil boring and locating utility wires, it won’t be until spring 2019 when construction begins. The site assessment will be done soon.
Cresco Public Works Director Rod Freidhof...
