The City of Galesburg entered into a new contract with Waste Management for residential solid waste collection and disposal services. Here are the details.
The Knox County Board Wednesday night will consider approving several more grant requests for federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act. Board documents show that the recipients being considered include the Galesburg Christian School for health-related improvements to the facility and to the National Railroad Hall of Fame for the construction of a new tourist facility. Money could also go to the Stearman Foundation to recoup lost revenue and to help cover the addition to their facility, the Galesburg Civic Art Center for start-up local arts-related periodical, or the Galesburg Tourism and Visitors Bureau for a mural project, on the condition that murals funded be located outside of the City of Galesburg. In total, county board members will consider disbursing $545,000 from the Community Grant Program and an additional $25,000 from the Health and Human Services Grant Program for the Volunteer Network on Aging (VNA) for home-delivered meals. Board members could approve using ARPA m