The weekend clean-up from last week\u2019s blizzard cost Wright County more than $70,000. The board of supervisors heard a report from County Engineer Adam Clemons Jan. 15 on the efforts to clean up rural areas.<\/p>\n
Clemons said snow plow drivers were out Tuesday and Wednesday until 5 p.m., and then on Friday until the plows were pulled from roads due to deteriorating conditions. Clemons said plowing on the weekend cost the county $35,687 each day. An estimated that $15,000 went to wages, while the rest was allocated to equipment and fuel costs. He added that the excavator and blower will be out this week to continue the clean-up.<\/p>\n
Clemons noted that three miles of 290th Street southwest of Dows was \u201cpretty much impassable\u201d due to snow drifts as high as six feet. That road was opened Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The board heard from Healthy Harvest of North Iowa, a nine-county non-profit group. The chairperson of the board is Andrea McLoughlin of Wright County. McLoughlin and Director Andrea Evelsizer requested the supervisors allot $1,000 in county funds for the group\u2019s activities.
\nEvelsizer said the Clarion Food Pantry has received over $22,000 of fresh food over the past two years. That food includes produce, eggs, yogurt, cheese and honey from Iowa producers. She said Healthy Harvest has also been a part of the Clarion and Belmond farmers market events.<\/p>\n
Evelsizer said the group would also like to make connections with local schools to provide education and tastings. Healthy Harvest has received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for marketing and education.\u2002<\/p>\n
The supervisors said the request would be considered during the budget process.<\/p>\n
In other business, the board:
\n\u2014raised the pay for township trustees from $30 to $50 per meeting;
\n\u2014and appointed Todd Buseman, a realtor from Belmond, to the Eminent Domain Commission. <\/p>\n
There is still one opening on the commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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