Heartland Consumers Power District has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will benefit construction of the Rural Learning Center in Howard. "It is an award to us, but we're going to pass it along to the Rural Learning Center," said Heartland General Manager Mike McDowell. Full Story
City agrees to contract with Mitchell Aquatic Club The Madison City Commission gave its approval on Monday to a contract between the Community Center and the Mitchell Aquatic Club to use the center's swimming pool for swim practice and swim meets. Full Story
Absentee voting has started for the 2010 spring election held by the Madison Central School District that will elect three members of the school board and answer a referral question regarding a four-year, $250,000 opt-out. Cindy Callies, school district business manager, reported that the printer provided the election ballots late on Thursday. Registered voters living in the Madison School District can fill out and cast their absentee ballots by going to the business office at Madison High School. Full Story
Members of the municipal sidewalk committee reviewed and recommended the passage of a new sidewalk inspection and repair policy that the city engineer will present to the Madison City Commission later this month. On Thursday, Chad Comes, city engineer, presented the proposed policy to the committee that dealt with issues such as the types of sidewalk damage that would need repair, inspection schedules, repair notices and repair deadlines. Full Story
Lake County Commissioners were told Tuesday that there are potential areas where flooding is likely this spring. "Anything in the flood plain area will have high water," Emergency Management Director Don Thomson said. Full Story
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