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Construction to resume on Lansing bridge
Construction will resume soon on the new bridge over the Mississippi River at Lansing. Work was suspended in early June due to high water river levels, and then flooding. Pete Hjelmstad, a field service coordinator for the Iowa DOT, says there’s clean up to do before work on the bridge can restart. “The problem is their construction yard — the area that they use for staging equipment — on the south side as well as the construction area for the piers and abutments on the Wisconsin side of the river, they’re going to have to get in there and clean it up because it’s going to be full of debris and everything,” he says. High water levels also delayed construction for the new Iowa Highway 3 bridge over the Cedar River in Waverly.
Replacement of box culvert involves road closure and detour south of Lansing ...
The Allamakee County Engineer’s Office is replacing a large box culvert on Lansing Harpers Road (County Road X42) approximately 0.8 miles north of its intersection with Lafayette Ridge Drive, about four miles south of Lansing. The project will involve a full road closure (as outlined in orange in the map at right) at the project location (between Columbus Road/Doehler Drive to the north and Lafayette Ridge Drive to the south). The project began Monday, July 22 and is anticipated to end August 23 of this year at 5 p.m., depending upon weather. There is a signed detour in place (as highlighted in red in the map image) that will include the use of Lafayette Ridge Drive and Great River Road (County Road X52). Map image courtesy of the Allamakee County Engineer’s Office.
Lansing City Council swears in new council member, addresses police coverage following department resignations, and hires new city clerk
Immediately prior to the regular meeting of the Lansing City Council Monday, July 15, Stan Schwartzhoff was sworn in as a new council member. Schwartzhoff is filling the seat left open after the resignation of Lisa Welsh in June. POLICE. The council approved the resignations of Officer/Interim Chief of Police...
Documentary film on Black Hawk Bridge to be shown during Fish Days celebration, Saturday, August 10
A documentary on the history of Lansing’s Black Hawk Bridge and the process of replacing it will be shown at the Kee High School gymnasium in Lansing at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 10, coinciding with this year’s Lansing Fish Days celebration, August 9-11. The film, “Bridging Generations: The...
Waukon FBLA attends National Leadership Conference ...
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) brought together more than 16,000 students and academic advisers from 48 states and territories to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL from June 28-July 2 for the annual FBLA National Leadership Conference. The Conference is an opportunity for the best career and technical education (CTE) students in the nation to compete in more than 100 competitive events, take part in workshop sessions with industry leaders and state meetings, visit the expo exhibit hall, and conduct networking throughout the conference with the traditional state pin trading.
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