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  • 3 days ago | communitynewspapergroup.com | Mira Schmitt-Cash

    The Bremer County Board of Supervisors, after hearing the county engineer had met with a bidder about expectations, approved awarding a six-mile stretch of County Road C33/190th Street, from Hwy. 63 to Reed Avenue/V49, to apparent low bidder Heartland Asphalt for $1,597,602.18. County Engineer Landon Moore recommended awarding the contract to Heartland. “We did sit down and have a meeting about some past issues we’ve had on projects.

  • 4 days ago | communitynewspapergroup.com | Mira Schmitt-Cash

    The Bremer County Sheriff’s Department added its first deputy who is bilingual to its ranks on Tuesday, June 17, as Kevin Hernandez, a dozen-year-plus veteran of area law enforcement with cross training in firefighting and emergency medicine, took the oath of office. Sheriff Dan Pickett explained that during the hiring process, a candidate’s latest score on file from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy post test is added to points from the interview process approved by the civil service commission.

  • 4 days ago | communitynewspapergroup.com | Mira Schmitt-Cash

    During a second update on the Bremer County Courthouse project phase two bid results on Tuesday, June 17, officials from general contractor Miron Construction indicated after talking with subcontractors that the Board of Supervisors could save upwards of $300,000 by eliminating certain elements of the project. The groups will reconvene at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 24 in the courthouse with the supervisors poised to review and potentially act on the phase two maximum price.

  • 5 days ago | southernminn.com | Mira Schmitt-Cash

    The Bremer County Sheriff’s Department added its first deputy who is bilingual to its ranks on Tuesday, June 17, as Kevin Hernandez, a dozen-year-plus veteran of area law enforcement with cross training in firefighting and emergency medicine, took the oath of office. kAm$96C:77 s2? !:4<6EE 6IA=2:?65 E92E 5FC:?8 E96 9:C:?8 AC@46DD[ 2 42?5:52E6’D =2E6DE D4@C6 @?

  • 1 week ago | communitynewspapergroup.com | Mira Schmitt-Cash

    Some residents of a Horton Road area neighborhood took issue with the estimated cost to connect to city water services at a Waverly City Council meeting Monday. The council then commissioned Snyder & Associates to study extending water and sewer service mains past 36 homes in the Hinds addition near North Ridge Elementary, for $101,950.

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