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Powell served as the Parks and Recreation director for the past five years and facilitated a handful of recreation projects in the Mitchell community.

Powell served as the Parks and Recreation director for the past five years and facilitated a handful of recreation projects in the Mitchell community.

A one-year timeline.

While some Mitchell drivers have grown accustomed to and support one-way streets, efforts to convert them into two-ways continue sparking debate.

“Rather than give the algae food it needs to survive and thrive, the islands help take that phosphorus and nutrients,” Mayor Bob Everson said of the man-made vegetation islands that the city placed in a bay at Lake Mitchell.

To help fund water system improvements and utility projects facing the city, the Mitchell City Council approved a resolution Monday that will increase water and sewer rates for residents over the next two years.

Jack Earl, a local business owner, is seeking to tear down his 715 S. Rowley St. house to build a warehouse and showroom for his carpet business.

When the remodeling of the downtown building is complete and the neighboring lot across the street is fully developed into parking garages with a commercial building, project leaders say the improvements are estimated to boost the assessed tax valuation of the area in the TIF boundary to roughly $3.5 million, which currently has a tax base value of $45,070.

Heat, drought causing spike in algal blooms at Lake Mitchell “Historically, the dry, hotter summers have led to increased toxin and microcystin levels. And that’s what is happening with the drought and higher temperatures,” said Parks and Recreation Director Nathan Powell. Written By: Sam Fosness | × Algae on the banks of Lake Mitchell at Sandy Beach. (Matt Gade / Mitchell Republic) The heat waves and drought conditions that Mitchell has experienced this year ...

Mitchell City Council tabs new contractor to remove lead inside former Crafty Fox building “We have reached out to ServiceMaster Recovery Management and they have stated that they can have the work completed by the second week in August,” said Public Works Director Joe Schroeder during Mondays meeting at City Hall. Written By: Sam Fosness | × The former Crafty Fox building at 223 N. Main St. in Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic) A new contractor was tabbed on Mond...