On a split vote, the Wright County Board approved a request for an additional full-time sheriff’s department employee. This will allow the county to move forward with a plan to move metal detectors from the courts area to the main entrances to the government center. Anyone visiting the center will have to pass through these security checkpoints. The change could take place as soon as Tuesday, April 1.
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The Wright County Board gave its support to the Wright County Fair board’s proposal for a new horse facility during today’s county board meeting.
The plan includes construction of a new, larger arena and a 100-foot diameter round warm-up pen, and replacing the wooden fence with metal panels.
Ron Denn, horse superintendent for the Wright County Agricultural Society, said the existing arena is in poor condition, and needs to be replaced, and the new faciltity will serve the needs of the county’s growing equine population. Denn said the fair board has budgeted the estimated $35,549 cost of the project, and was not asking for additional funds from the county.
Residents and commissioners in favor of an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for a proposed gravel mining expansion in Southside Township failed to convince the majority of the Wright County Board that the study would solve any problems, and the board voted against requiring the study.
An Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAS) has already been completed for the project.
Read the full story in the Feb. 4 issue of the Enterprise Dispatch.
