At 5:45 AM, this morning, a Drew County deputy pulled over a concrete truck, who was spilling part of his load on Highway 425 N., between Sonic and Walmart.

ARDOT has been notified and hopefully will be able to clean up the mess.

Please drive with caution, especially in this area.

We have been asked to point out that Select Concrete was not involved in the incident.

ARDOT cleanup took place prior to 8 AM.

Photos courtesy of Bennie Ryburn.

According to Monticello, Mayor, Jason, Akers, a recent infrastructure project was concluded this week, with the replacement of the pumps and piping at well number four. The well services the Conley, Cooper and Oakland Street residents as well as others and several secondary streets that run off of the Main thoroughfares. (more…)

Last week, Monticello Mayor Jason Akers signed the construction project contract with McClelland Engineering and KJ Parker Construction to begin repairing the infrastructure on Davis and Merrydale Streets. (more…)

In an effort to systematically improve storm drainage for residents, Streets and Drainage Crews cleared years worth of debris and overgrowth in a large stretch of area including Jordan Park, Sadie Johnson and Oakland Avenue.

This area receives substantial storm run off from low lying areas to the South and drainage blockages have caused water back-up for residents for decades.

City workers removed trampolines, tires, bar-b-que grills and countless other items as well as logs and railroad cross ties that were blocking effective drainage.

Mainline Health Systems Inc. (MHSI), a local community health clinic, celebrates National Health Center Week (NHCW) every year. NHCW is always reserved for the first full week in August. MHSI reached out to Mayor Jason Akers, who kindly agreed to create a proclamation in honor of National Health Center Week, which will be celebrated August 6^th – August 12^th. Mainline Health Systems Inc. Monticello Clinic was honored to have the mayor present to read the proclamation in honor of celebration.

To learn more about National Health Center Week, visit their website at https://healthcenterweek.org/about-nhcw/.

Construction on the Scogins Drive extension, referenced in the story above, is still making progress,

Shown here, you can see where the overpass is being built, heading towards the railroad intersection, near Highway 278, W., and 10 mile creek area.

A recent MonticelloLive news story about Delta Data Mining setting up an operations facility for mining bitcoin and cryptocurrency on Cherry Street has led to a lot of questions from residents about the business and industry.

Tuesday night’s city council meeting focused on that question, and the following videos should be able to answer most of your concerns.

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According to a Monticello Mayor Jason Akers, another infrastructure project for the residents of Monticello is underway.

Well #4, which supplies water to residents on Oakland, Conley, Cooper and countless other city streets is located near North Conley Street. The well was listed as a priority infrastructure repair when the city obtained its infrastructure plan in 2020. Originally estimated at a cost of over 1.9 million dollars, the original recommendation was to cap the well, relocate it and dig another well. The well is over 300 feet deep. (more…)

Late Tuesday morning, MLive broke a story about the data mining facility that is being located at the intersection of Cherry Street and the railroad.

By popular demand, the first two stories this morning are re-posts of those stories.

The next story is a press release from MEDC, welcoming them.

The next story after that will be from Delta Data, the company itself, explaining their noise mediation program.