Archive for: June 2009

What happens at the end of this month will be unique, and The Current wants to keep it that way. To achieve it, The Riverside Current plans to issue Remembering the Future, a full-color commemorative glossy booklet detailing the …

The Lone Tree School District is one of 53 districts in Iowa who will receive state funds under the statewide voluntary preschool programs for four-year-old children. The 53 join the 119 districts that already are part of the state …

by Elizabeth Beachy
Riverside Council, Monday, agreeing with its planning and zoning commission recommendations, approved the site plan for Kum & Go. Representatives of Kum & Go, L.C. present were Josh House and Brett A. Johnson, engineer.
House explained that the plan is like Kum & Go sites in Tipton and Grinnell. They chose to build along Highway 218, because with the addition of future sites in Tiffon and North Liberty, it would cover the four corners of travel along a main highway.
The council approved the changes and updates to the site plan including a wider radius of the driveway to accommodate semi trucks. Johnson agreed to work at getting internal locations for fire hydrants requested by the Riverside Fire Department. Although it was not included in the original plan, Johnson also agreed to include a sprinkler system which, as of 2006, became an international fire code and was part of the city’s commercial design.
Mariellen Bower made a motion for the site plan and PZ recommendations to be approved. All council members were present and approved the site plan. Kum & Go, L.C. plans to break ground in late July after the bids are received, and with a maximum of 90 days (three months) construction, hopes to be operational by early fall. The plan includes a Subway deli.
In other business, the council:

The Washington Economic Development Group (WEDG) announced Monday that Montchevre Betin, Inc. has purchased 2.75 acres of industrial ground in the Washington Industrial Park. Montchevre produces goat cheese at a facility in Belmont, Wisconsin, and plans to establish a transfer …

The Wellman Heritage Society received a $400 grant from the Washington County Historical Preservation Committee Tuesday, June 2, during the regular Board of Supervisors meeting. The funds will be used to help with painting two buildings in the Society’s …