Category: Local Government

Arbor Day Planting May 4, 2024

Please join the City of Decorah and the Decorah Tree Board on May 4, 2024, as we celebrate Arbor Day by planting 25 trees on various boulevards throughout the city.  Before we begin planting, the City Forester and Decorah Tree Board will give a planting demonstration outlining proper planting techniques and how to care for a tree after it is planted.  This planting, along with several others that will be carried out by the City of Decorah and Decorah Tree Board throughout the year, has been made possible through a grant received from the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program and the Arbor Day Foundation.

 

What:  Arbor Day celebration – planting 25 trees

When:  May 4 at 8:30AM, May 11 at 8:30AM, May 18 at 8:30AM

Where:  Begins at City of Decorah Street Department located at 108 Railroad Avenue

For more information, please contact Sam Hogenson, City Forester, at (563)277-5153 or by email at:  cityforester@decorah.iowa.gov

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Retirement Open House for Andy Nimrod

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Decorah City Hall
Press Contact: Keri Sand, City Clerk-Finance Officer.
563-382-3651

Retirement Open House for Andy Nimrod

There will be an Open House for Andy at City Hall on Tuesday, April 30th from 1:00pm-3:00pm. We invite the public to City Hall Council Chambers for refreshments to celebrate Andy on his 33 years of service to the City of Decorah.

 

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Winneshiek County Supervisors Meeting April 15, 2024

0:00:10 -nMichael Kueny – County Engineer
Re: set public hearing on road vacation for roads 938, 1271, and 1561, roadside maintenance
expenditures and other road project updates

0:28:49 – Consent agenda: approve minutes, approve claims, accept and file departmental reports, approve liquor licenses, approve fireworks permits. Any matter on the Consent Agenda will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed as a regular agenda item upon the request of any Board member.

0:28:30 – Amie Buckley – Riverview Center
Re: Proclamation of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

0:38:14 – Committee Reports

0:41:44 – Miscellaneous
– Road union request for wages
– Unfunded Mandates discussion

1:01:06 – Andy Van Der Maaten – County Attorney
Re: county issues

Winneshiek County Supervisors Meeting – April 8, 2024

Agenda

00:10 – Tom Hansen
Re: invitation to attend a program entitled “Defy Tyrants”

04:48 – Tom Madden – SEH Engineering
Re: Festina Sewer Project update

10:58 – Consent Agenda: approve minutes, approve claims, accept and file departmental reports, approve liquor licenses, approve fireworks permits. Any matter on the Consent Agenda will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed as a regular agenda item upon the request of any Board member.

11:40 – Committee Reports

20:25 – Miscellaneous
– Set Public Hearing and bid procedures for sale of land in Freeport
– Discuss space use in Community Services building

35:30- Michael Kueny – County Engineer
Re: roadside maintenance expenditures, FY25 DOT budget and 5-year program approval
and other road project updates

0:Committee reports

Retirement Open House for Rick Bohr

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Decorah City Hall
Press Contact: Keri Sand, City Clerk-Finance Officer. 563-382-3651

Retirement Open House for Rick Bohr

There will be an Open House for Rick at City Hall on April 12th from 1:00pm-3:00pm. We invite the public to City Hall Council Chambers for refreshments to celebrate Rick on his 39 years of service to the City of Decorah.

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Yard Waste Site Loading Days

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Decorah Street Department

Press Contact: Sam Hogenson, City Forester, 563-277-5153

City of Decorah to Offer Loading Days at Yard Waste Site

Decorah, IA (April 5, 2024) – The City of Decorah will be offering several opportunities for free loading of compost and wood chips at the City’s Yard Waste Disposal Site located on Trout Run Road. The City will have an end loader at the Yard Waste Site on Friday, April 12th from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM and on Saturday, April 13th from 7:30 AM to 12 noon.

The City will also have an end loader at the Yard Waste Site on Friday, April 19th from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM and Saturday, April 20th from 7:30 AM to 12 noon.

The giveaway is available to residents and non-residents of the City of Decorah.

Please contact Sam Hogenson at 563-277-5153 with any questions.

 

This is an official city press release.  Modifications of any kind are prohibited without express written consent of the author.  Any reprint or broadcast of this information must include this entire communication.

 

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Winneshiek County Supervisors Meeting – April 1, 2024

0:00:01 – Michael Kueny – County Engineer
Re: roadside maintenance expenditures, allocation of federal funding for W-14 project and other road project updates

0:41:48 – Jon Lubke – GIS/IT Director
Re: options to fill open IT position

0:54:30 – Discuss options/whether to proceed with sale of land in Freeport

1:06:52 – Andy Van Der Maaten – County Attorney
Re: legal questions regarding agenda & other issues

Consent agenda: approve minutes, approve claims, accept and file departmental reports, approve liquor licenses, approve fireworks permits. Any matter on the Consent Agenda will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed as a regular agenda item upon the request of any Board member.

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Keys Available for Yard Waste Site

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Decorah Street Department

Press Contact: Sam Hogenson, City Forester, 563-277-5153

Yard Waste Site Keys Available at City Hall Starting April 5th

Decorah, IA (March 29, 2024) – The City of Decorah is announcing that starting on Friday, April 5th, keys will be available for residents who want to access the City’s Yard Waste Site. Keys must be checked out from City Hall. City Hall is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

The City is expecting to have set open hours for the Yard Waste Site starting sometime within the next few weeks.

A couple of reminders: no garbage in any capacity is allowed to be deposited at the Yard Waste Site and only yard waste that originates from within the Decorah City Limits may be deposited.

 

This is an official city press release.  Modifications of any kind are prohibited without express written consent of the author.  Any reprint or broadcast of this information must include this entire communication.

 

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