After an action-packed few days at sea, the Hawke’s Bay Megafish competition has reached an epic conclusion, with one fisherman snagging a whopping 122.2-k
Wearing bib overalls and operating the town through an old school flip cell phone, Bridgeton Mayor Rodman Williams served the town and its residents for 20 years. On May 25, Williams unexpectedly passed away at CarolinaEast Medical Center. Williams was 75-years-old.
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Winds of change blow farms
County board anticipates June vote on wind farm ordinance amid developer interest Posted
By GARY HENRY
ghenry@prairiepress.net
Discussion of wind farms and changes to the county’s wind farm ordinance dominated discussion at the Edgar County Board study session Monday, May 10.
A committee of board chairman Jeff Voigt, board member Lisa Ellis and citizen John Chittick have been working on updating the county’s wind farm ordinance for approximately a year and the county is facing a deadline for getting a new ordinance in place. The county board declared a moratorium on accepting wind farm applications in November 2020 as a way to work on revising the outdated ordinance without undue outside pressure. Dec