Jim Rudisill
for The Hawk Eye
WAPELLO The 240 or so residents of the small Louisa County town of Fredonia have a choice to make either volunteer to serve as a city leader or risk seeing the 177-year-old community become an unincorporated hamlet of the county or possibly absorbed by Columbus Junction, its larger sister community just across the Iowa River.
Current city councilmen Rob Bright and Bob Reid and city clerk Sharon Torres presented this assessment Tuesday to the Louisa County Board of Supervisors during its regular weekly meeting.
The trio said it is becoming too difficult to operate the city because so few people were willing to be a civic leader. They approached the supervisors to learn their position on the unincorporation issue.
Louisa County supervisors hear city complaints; beavers blamed for water problems
Jim Rudisill
for The Hawk Eye
WAPELLO Local property owners’ concerns over a drainage issue in the south end of Wapello are leading to complaints to the Louisa County Board of Supervisors, which agreed Tuesday during its regular weekly meeting to try to mediate the issue.
Supervisors Brad Quigley, Randy Griffin and Chris Ball reported receiving calls over the continuing problems in the area. However, they later agreed during a discussion with county engineer Adam Shutt that the problems should be handled by Wapello city and Drainage District #12 officials.
BY TYLER HAMMEL
The Daily Progress
The owner of a controversial flagpole bearing a Confederate flag in Louisa County has received a permit to reduce the height of the structure, likely ending a years-long legal battle.
The Confederate battle flag has been an issue of contention since it was erected in 2018. Initially called the Charlottesville I-64 Spirit of Defiance Memorial Battle Flag by the Virginia Flaggers, the flagpole was reportedly built in response to Charlottesville City Council votes to remove two statues of Confederate generals.
The 30- by 50-foot flag flies from a 120-foot-tall pole about 15 miles east of Charlottesville. The flagpole, erected on private property, is momentarily visible to motorists traveling east on Interstate 64.
Louisa County announces partnership to bring internet to all homes and businesses by 2025
Louisa County announces partnership to bring internet to all homes and businesses by 2025 By CJ Paschall | March 1, 2021 at 7:47 PM EST - Updated March 2 at 12:19 AM
LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - A new plan announced by Louisa County Monday afternoon will extend high-speed broadband internet to every home and business in the county over the next four years. County administrators say it’s a major step in bridging the digital divide in rural and underserved areas.
In a press conference at Louisa County High School, officials describe this as bringing the county from a low-connectivity region to a fully connected one with an impact on everyone living, learning, and working there. It’s a move Louisa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bob Babyok describes as seven years in the making: seven years trying to fix the problem of sparse internet connectivity county-wide.
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