Posts Tagged ‘monroe county engineer aaron metzger’
Ridin’ the storm out
Monroe County wasn’t spared by a major winter storm over the weekend that blanketed much of the country in snow, though in the aftermath it appears locals have come out…
Read MoreTransit bill creates uncertainty
Some in Southern Illinois are accusing state legislators of taking the low road in a new bill that diverts money from the shared construction accounts to a public transit initiative…
Read MoreRoute 3 U-turn discussed
Three years after being denied funding for construction of two “restricted crossing U-turn” intersections on Route 3 between Waterloo and Columbia, Monroe County Engineer Aaron Metzger announced $1.35 million has…
Read MoreOak Hill director exits among other county biz
Less than a week after a scathing report from auditor James Schmersahl regarding accounting incompetence at Oak Hill, the facility’s director is no longer employed with the county-owned senior living…
Read MoreTax cycles underway in county
As the property tax cycle for 2023 is set to wrap up at the end of this month, the same cycle for 2024 payable in 2025 is just getting started.…
Read MoreCounty prepares for end of year
Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board featured a dozen appointments and reappointments, a discussion of the budget for the new fiscal year, good news about county bridges and the…
Read MoreCounty addresses addressed
At the beginning of the year, over 4,000 addresses in Monroe County will need some form of modification. Some changes will be as simple as affixing reflective numbers on a…
Read MoreCoroner’s office duties explained
During the first of what will be regular updates from the Monroe County Coroner’s Office, deputy coroner Theresa Hitzemann gave the Monroe County Board an overview of what her department…
Read MoreCounty talks tax bills, Oak Hill
The wait for property tax bills in 2023 is almost over, according to Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein. During Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, Koenigstein reported…
Read MoreMore money for mental health?
Ahead of budget hearings taking place next week for the upcoming fiscal year that begins Dec. 1, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners heard a plea for continued support of…
Read MoreCounty talks disaster relief, prevention
The Monroe County Board had an agenda full of updates Monday morning, and the most potentially impactful in the near future for residents may have been the briefest. Monroe County…
Read MoreMore road work in Columbia
The Columbia City Council had a light agenda Monday night, with the only items being discussion of a Monroe County Highway Department bridge replacement on Bluff Road slated for next…
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