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Car hits bridge A driver avoided injury when he hit a bridge on Tom Bolin Road in an attempt to miss a deer. The accident happened Sunday morning at roughly 7:15 a.m. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Hendrick filed the accident report. James Cooper, of Hawesville, said as he drove a 2008 Honda Accord south…

By Dave Taylor After multiple well-attended school board meetings where the public heard about the district’s plan to follow the state’s metrics and discontinue in-person classes upon reaching a “red” virus level, the board voted last Thursday to instead scrap part of that plan and largely ignore the consequences of going red. After starting the…

By Dave Taylor For three Elizabethtown men who are big fish in a small pond, being small boats in a big river sounds like fun. That’s exactly what Bruce Thompson, a retired Army man and dentist, Mark Cooke, who owns a telecommunications company, and Paul Gerard, a family doctor, were doing in Hawesville Saturday after…

By Dave Taylor Construction is quickly progressing on a 20,000 square foot building in the industrial park in Lewisport that will house Contour Fabrication and Mechanical, as well as warehouse space, but the project might be just the beginning of more growth in the park. “This is going to be a warehouse/shop because we are…

By Dave Taylor The city council of Hawesville chose the numbers for a planned sewer rate increase Tuesday night during a short meeting where they also voted to add water service to the hydroelectric plant and set the hours for trick or treating. Matt Curtis, from Bluegrass Engineering, presented the council three options for a…

By Dave Taylor After 79 years of knowing, but not knowing, that 21-year-old Daymond Young was killed on the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor, his body has been identified through DNA analysis and the Hawesville boy will be returned to Hancock County next May for a proper burial in the Lewisport cemetery.…

By Ralph Dickerson On Monday evening the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce held a small ceremony to honor Gary Nugent, owner of GN Excavating and Trucking, as its 2020 Citizen of The Year. Hancock County Chamber of Commerce President Wade Gaynor spoke briefly about Nugent, and his impact on the community. “We appreciate everything you…

By Ralph Dickerson Each year Walt Allen and a group of friends head to the Pere Marquette River in Michigan to go salmon fishing. The group likes to fish the Pere Marquette due to its rustic, natural setting. “It is the only river in Michigan that does not have a dam on it,” Walt said.…

The Hancock County District Court Arraignment Docket for Wednesday, September 30, 2020.              The Honorable John McCarty presiding. Probate Court The estate of Ashley Hite, scheduled for settlement. Proof filed and accepted. The estate of Paul D. Voyles, scheduled for inventory. The case continued 30 days. The estate of Audrey Smith, scheduled for probate hearing. Amended…