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Jail project to come in $1M under budget Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail Bold made the announcement at Tuesday’s Facilities Management Committee meeting. The project will end up costing the county about $13.5 million, about $1 million less than the original approximately $14.5 million estimate. Most of the work was completed by March, with contractors now going through and completing punch list items. Also approved were several requests to use county property. T...

County appoints two new department heads Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — Two new department heads were approved Wednesday by a divided Madison County Board. Adam Walden was approved as Madison County engineer, replacing Mark Gvillo, who retired in November. Michael Bold was named the county’s facilities director, taking over from Rob Schmidt, who left to work for the Madison County Transit District in July. Voting against both appointments were ...