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The Washington County Board of Supervisors awarded the contract for a pavement widening and resurfacing project on Riverside Road during their meeting Tuesday. County Engineer Jacob Thorius presented seven bids to the supervisors to overlay and widen a six-mile middle stretch of County Road W61 from County Road G26 north to Spruce Avenue. The board approved awarding the contract to the lowest bid of about $3,540,988 from Flynn Co., Inc. of Dubuque. Thorius says he was satisfied with the bids that came in, as the lowest three or four bids came in very close, and the engineer’s estimate for t...

Salt Supply and Washington County Roads Employees Ready for Wintry Mixes

Snow and ice removal was an arduous process in Washington County Wednesday as the area received a mix of snow and freezing rain Tuesday night. KCII and the Washington Municipal Airport both measured 6.5 inches of snow, and the National Weather Service Quad Cities Office states that the highest freezing rain accumulations were along the State Highway 34 corridor from Fairfield to Illinois. The Washington County Communications Center received over 30 calls for vehicles stuck on roadways, ditches, or medians. County Engineer Jacob Thorius says the secondary roads employees worked from about 1-6 ...

The Washington County Board of Supervisors continued discussion of the compensation board’s fiscal year 2022 salary recommendation and took action during their recent meeting. The compensation board recommended a 3% increase for all county employees, excluding the Board of Supervisors, and the Supervisors decided to table action on elected officials’ salaries until the next meeting. The Supervisors discussed whether to give county employees a percentage or dollar amount increase for next year, and County Engineer Jacob Thorius and Sheriff Jared Schneider gave some clarification on their s...