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  Complaints about heavy traffic due to the Highway 69 detour have kept local phone lines busy. Police Chief Rick McDaniel told the Belmond City Council Monday night that complaints are coming from West Main Street, 6th Avenue NW, East Main Street, and Luickâs Lane.
âââPeople havenât figured out the detour yet,â he said. âIt always takes a while. It will get bad again as soon as Third Street NEâis closed for repairs.â
âââI have my officers increasing their patrols of these areas,â the chief stated.
ââMcDaniel also told the council he has been mailing out property clean-up letters. That includes one to the owners of the old motel, who live in Minnesota.
Belmond Public Works Director Justin Fournier told the city council Jan. 18 that his crew will be working this week to clean up the streets from last Friday’s four-inch snow