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edecious@messengernews.net LAKE VIEW — The Natural Resources Commission approved a $94,000 maintenance project Tuesday to fix up parts of a main road in the Black Hawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Sac County Tuesday. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received approval for the project, originally estimated to cost $140,000, with the winning construction bid awarded to Richards Construction Co. Inc. of Sac City. Richards beat five other bids by at least $19,000. The highest bid for $138,280 came from Spring Lake Construction in Polk City. The project will provide for road maintena...

bshea@messengernews.net Thousands of feet of new water mains will be installed in the northwest section of Fort Dodge beginning next year in a project intended to provide better water pressure and service to the area. The City Council on Monday hired Rasch Construction Inc., of Fort Dodge, to do the work at a cost of $1,970,666. That price is nearly $1 million less than the cost estimate for the project. “We’re getting super-aggressive bids on infrastructure projects,” City Manager David Fierke said. He said he believes contractors are offering good bids to increase their chances of get...