Monticello Live

According to ARDOT, Johnsville Sand & Gravel will continue from the 425/278 intersection, milling and overlaying Highway 278 to Wilmar. They will then return to Monticello, doing the same to Gaines & McCloy Streets.

They will then proceed east on Highway 278 past Dead Man’s Curve.

MLive spoke to ARDOT, yesterday, and confirmed that road construction will continue for the next couple of months.

Johnsville Sand & Gravel will continue from the 425/278 intersection, milling and overlaying Highway 278 to Wilmar. They will then return to Monticello, doI gotta the same to Gaines & McCloy Streets.

They will then proceed east on Highway 278 past Dead Man’s Curve.

Beginning at 6 PM tonight, and continuing until approximately 6 AM, Tuesday morning, ARDOT will be performing maintenance at the 278/425 intersection, near Ray’s & Walgreens.

Traffic will be detoured, and occasionally stopped, as needed, for grinding and overlaying.

Please prepare for this, as you plan your evening activities.

Workers and barricades will be present, so please use caution.

The City of Monticello will be turning off  water along South Maple for approximately 2 hours to repair a water leak

Candidate filing began July 29 at noon and ends on August 5 at noon.
All Ward positions are up for re-election as well as the City Clerk’s in Monticello.

At 8 am, Tuesday the following had filed for office:
City of Monticello:
Ward 1 POS 2 Al Peer
Ward 2 POS 1 Craig McRae
Ward 2 POS 2 Claudia Hartness
Ward 3 POS 1 Michael James
Ward 3 POS 2 Joe Meeks
Ward 3 POS 2 – Clarissa Pace
Ward 4 POS 1 Mark Tiner
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At Tuesday night‘s City Council meeting, Mayor Paige Chase told the group that the lake lever repair  plan had been presented to her by Otonga Engineers. (more…)

After contacting Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober and Monticello Mayor Paige Chase, both have issued statements about Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s mandate about statewide use of facemasks.

Their statements are posted below.

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