Sam Willson News Today

Complaint Against LCCB Accepted

The Louisa County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing over the removal of a conservation board member who is accused of malfeasance.

The supervisors, who had discussed removing Willson at its June 14 meeting but then decided to table action, cited “false allegations that constitute malfeasance,” as the grounds for Willson’s removal.

According to the earlier discussion during the meeting, the supervisors were apparently upset because of comments Willson, who is currently serving as the LCCB chair, recently posted on the WQAD-TV Facebook page, calling the board "corrupted."

Board member Elizabeth Kling said she understood people wanted answers to what the board planned to do with Baird Timber, but she felt time will help resolve the situation.

Louisa County Attorney Adam Parsons said he viewed the litigation issue as “potentially imminent” and allowed under the Open Meetings Law and also considered the possible criminal investigation to be covered under the law.

The Louisa County Board of Supervisors approved expanding the Virginia Grove Recreation Area. The expansion will total 51 acres.

Jim Rudisill for The Hawk Eye Supporters of a nearly 30-year-old, eight-phase project that would establish an estimated $6 million interpretive center adjacent to the Langwood Education Center east of Grandview met Tuesday with county officials and other interested individuals to discuss the project’s next step. Al Bohling, president of the Tri-Rivers Conservation Foundation, which has been assisting the Louisa County Conservation Board since about 1991 on the proposed Louisa Interpretive Ce...

Louisa County supervisors hear department requests in marathon of budget hearings Jim Rudisill for The Hawk Eye WAPELLO — The Louisa County Board of Supervisors’ review of departmental budgets and other proposed spending for Fiscal Year 2022 continued Wednesday during a day-long work session. Ten spending plans were discussed with department heads and other individuals, bringing the total number of budget proposals reviewed by the supervisors since they began the process last week to 16. T...