Rusty Weinberg

MOUNT VERNON -- Problems with a sewer lagoon and the sanitary sewer system have Mount Vernon residents facing higher sewer bills and city officials searching for millions of dollars to make repairs. The city is working on a $3.08 million project in which two, four-acre sewer lagoons...

Mitchell Mayor Lou Sebert says he wants action on a rough section of Ohlman Street on the city's western edge. "I think the city and county should get together and get it done," Sebert said this week. Finding the money to do the job, however, is another matter. The stretch of...

Thieves and vandals are stealing and damaging traffic signs at a record clip, Highway Superintendent Rusty Weinberg told the Davison County commissioners on Tuesday. "We've got our new signs up and people are already stealing our 'Stop' and 'Yield' signs," Weinberg said, theorizing...

The Davison County commissioners continued fine-tuning the 2011 budget Tuesday during their regular meeting at the courthouse in Mitchell. With the assistance of Sheriff David Miles and Jail Administrator Don Radel, the commissioners made some snips that were satisfactory to both...