Lewisport Heritage Festival
Discovery of $100,000 grant money to be applied toward Lewisport’s main Lift Station
At the Lewisport City Council meeting, February 16th, Mayor Chad Gregory made an announcement that he was surprised to find two older grants totaling $100,000. Those are available to rehabilitate Lewisport’s main lift station. “That grant (the clean water grant) was kind of old and forgotten about it,” Gregory said. “I made an error. It…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Lacey Mosby
Lacey Mosby, North Hancock Elementary’s Family Resource and Youth Services Center Coordinator, grew up in Hawesville near Vastwood Park. She and her family spent many evenings at the park with little league and softball and enjoyed the playground and walking trail. Lacey played volleyball, Summer League Softball and tennis. She graduated from Hancock County High…
Read MoreLewisport Heritage Festival June 2-4, wide entertainment on tap
The 33rd Annual Lewisport Heritage Festival is set from June 2 until June 4 in downtown Lewisport. Highlights of the festival include pageants, live music, food booths, children’s rides, a 5K walk/run, antique car and motorcycle cruising, and a tractor show and pull. June 2 On Thursday, June 2, the festival will open at Chapman…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Emma Wilson
At only nineteen-years-old, Emma Wilson is already running a successful baking business from her home in Lewisport. She launched EMazing Cupcakes & Treats in March of 2020, and graduated from Hancock County High School that year as well. Emma’s parents are: Sara & Todd Roberts and Chadd & Layla Wilson. She has three siblings: Paige,…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Brent Wigginton
In 1978, Brent Wigginton moved to Hancock County with his family. His parents, Jerry and Kay Wigginton bought a farm in Pellville. Jerry worked at NSA and Kay was a Homemaker. Wigginton grew up farming and said he, “learned early in life, what it was to have to do hard work and see a job…
Read MoreEmmick’s tractor wins Most Unusual and Unique award
At the Lewisport Heritage Festival two weeks ago, an entry by Byron Emmick and son Kasey won the Most Unusual and Unique award at the tractor show. They entered a Christmas tree sprayer tractor built in the late 1940s. “It is a 1948 Farmall A & C cross,” Byron said. “A guy built seven of…
Read MoreLewisport Heritage Festival; big success
After a two and a half year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Lewisport held its Heritage Festival last weekend. Lewisport City Administrator Brent Wigginton called this year’s festival a success. “I think it went really well,” Wigginton said. “We had no major problems. Wigginton said he thought a smaller crowd attended…
Read MoreLewisport Heritage Festival starts next week
After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lewisport Heritage Festival is back with a few changes! Due to the festival being later in the year than normal, some of the regular vendors could not work the event onto their schedules, so a couple of food trucks will take their place! Organizers hope…
Read MoreHeritage Fest moved to September
The Lewisport Heritage Festival, a staple of summers since 1989, will be held in the fall this year, which organizers hope will allow them to have a festival free of COVID-19 restrictions, or at least more so than this June when it was originally planned. This year’s festival will be held on September 23, 24…
Read MoreLewisport amends budget
In a meeting lasting less than 30 minutes, the Lewisport City Council approved the first reading of an amendment amending the 2020-21 budget. The budget ordinance increases the General Fund by 121,000, said Lewisport City Administrator Brent Wiggington. He said the increase came from CARES ACT money the city received from the Federal Government in…
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