By Randa Wagner — Marengo Village Council welcomed Cherri Burwell April 11 as a new council member, filling a seat vacated by Bill Carmickle last month. Burwell was sworn in by Village Counsel Jay Nixon to finish the unexpired term. Dollar General is constructing a store just west of the village on State Route 229 and […]
By Randa Wagner — Marengo-area residents could be shopping at a new Dollar General Store in the not too distant future. Corporate officials are looking at a site on SR 229 just west of the village limits. Marengo Village Council is discussing ways to accommodate the proposed store’s sanitary sewer needs. “Because of the lay of […]
By Randa Wagner — Natural gas line expansion and ballfield issues dominated the August meeting of the Marengo Village Council. Bruce Jaynes with Consolidated Gas and Bright Energy made a presentation to council members about possible expansion of the gas line in the community to give homeowners another home heating option. Jaynes noted the ‘significant […]