The Sadie Johnson Center was filled with concerned local residents over 2 specific issues; Water Quality and the potential transfer of the Senior Citizens Center to Area Agency on Aging.

The engineer described the past few years water history, including chlorine and naturally occurring ammonia, within the system.

Stone emphasized the importance of having a full-time licensed water operator, for the city of Monticello. Later in the meeting, Mayor Paige Chase stated that the city is searching for a level 4 operator, for that position.

MLive spoke with Mayor Paige Chase, late last week, and got an update on the status of the levee repair at Lake Monticello.

The engineers have inspected the levee and found (more…)

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Free Music and Events, All Day
Festival Starts, 12 Noon
Vendors & Food Trucks Open
DJ Kicks Off
Cozy Coupes & Horseshoe Tournaments Begin 
Disc Golf Tournament, 12-2 PM
Car Show 1-4 PM
ATV/ 4-wheeler/ Bike Show
Power Wheels Parade
(Winners Announced, 4:30 PM)
Watermelon Eating Contests
Youth, 1 PM
Adults, 2 PM
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, 2-6 PM
Hourly door prizes, 2-6 PM
Church Choir, 2:30 PM
Hot Dog Eating Contests
Youth, 3:30 PM
Adults, 3:45 PM
Cake Walks, Pet Show, Chainsaw Carving, Face Painting, 12-6PM
Parallax, 6 PM
Macy Arey, 6:30 PM
Matt Hughes Band, 7 PM
CashboX, 8 PM

Around 7:45 AM, Thursday morning, a city trash truck working its route backed into a Entergy power pole on the west end of Jordan Drive, near the medical complex.

Currently 10 customers are without power, and Entergy is on the scene, however, most of those customers are medical and clinic related.

Power should be restored soon.

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The videos from last month’s city Council meeting on this topic, representing a wide range of discussion, are posted below.

After  last month’s City Council meeting, MLive met with the mayor and a council member to confirmed the list of “protest/parade permit“ committee members are: (more…)

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MLive reported  low water pressure, affecting areas from E. Jackson St. to the UAM area, late Wednesday.

City crews  discovered the leak in a wooded area, repaired it, and water pressure has been restored back to normal.

No special precautions are advised, since pressure was constant, even though low.