County announces 370th Street closure for culvert replacement and rolls out disaster-relief donations fund

Hamilton County's secondary roads and emergency management staff gave two public-service updates at the Sept. 8 meeting: a short-term road closure and a preparedness outreach effort.

An agency official announced that 370th Street (from Sigler's to Subland Avenue) will be closed in the southeastern county for approximately three weeks while county crews replace a large culvert. "Approximately 3 weeks" was the timeframe given for the closure and work.

The same speaker noted that September is National Preparedness Month and urged residents to complete emergency plans. They described a proposed disaster-relief donations fund intended to collect donations that would benefit nonprofit organizations responding after a disaster, saying more information on the fund would be released during the month. The board did not take formal action on the fund during the meeting; the remarks were informational and advisory in nature.