Ft. Morgan School Board Specisl Meeting Tonight at 6p.m.

The Fort Morgan School District Board of Education's holding a special meeting starting at 6 at the District Support Center. The Fort Morgan Times reports one of the issues is the bond question that'll be on the November ballot to help pay for construction of a new middle school. The district's eligible for a grant from the state, but that's tied to approval of the bond question. The new school would be south of Legion Field on land currently being used for farming between Main and West Streets.

Another Flash Flood Watch for Manitou Springs

Another flash flood watch is in effect, after that fast-moving mudslide swept through Manitou (MAN'-ih-too) Springs on Friday. Authorities are still trying to determine what happened to an unidentified woman who witnesses saw clinging to a tree during Friday's flood. Two other people who were reported missing have been found. At least one person was killed in the slide, which destroyed six houses and damaged more than 30 others in an area burned by the Waldo Canyon Fire last year.

Police Worried About New Sex Offender Law

Law enforcement agencies are worried about a new state law that relieves them of the requirement of keeping track to sex offenders who are homeless. Authorities are worried that more sex offenders will tell law enforcement agencies that they no longer have home addresses. The Denver Post reports the new law was intended to prevent police from spending a lot of time trying to find sex offenders who move often and have no permanent home.

Two trustees walk out on work session

Log Lane's village board hopes to have a longer meeting this Wendesday than it did last Wednesday.

The Fort Morgan Times reports last Wednesday's regular work session ended after just seventeen minutes.

With two trustees absent and Jeanie Cardona leaving before the session over legal concerns, the board did not have a quorum to continue discussing business or work on an agenda for the next board meeting.

That next meeting takes place at six-thirty at the town hall.

Continuance in aiding escape case

A Long Lane Village woman returns to court September nineteenth.

A judge has continued the aiding an escape case against fifty-three-year-old Jeanie Cardona until that time.

Cardon stands accused of assisting the alleged escape from custody of her former brother-in-law last year.

The Fort Morgan Times reports the Long Lane Village trustee may face four to twelve years in prison with a conviction.

Hickenlooper visiting Sterling tomorrow

The governor comes to Sterling tomorrow.

The Journal-Advocate reports John Hickenlooper's appearance begins a two-day series of community forums on the Eastern Plains and in Southern Colorado.

Hickenlooper meets at Northeastern Junior College tomorrow morning at eight-thirty. This takes place at the Tennant Art Gallery in the Hays Student Center.

The governor then makes stops later in the day at the Y-W Electric Association Community Room in Akron and the Burlington Community Center before venturing into the southeastern corner of the state.

Hickenlooper joins business and community leaders at each forum to discuss water, economic development, healthcare, and education.

Planners send Gateway subdivision request to city council

Sterling's planning commission has recommended that the city council approve a request for a subdivision of a lot in the Gateway Business Park north of SunMart along Railway Street. The Journal-Advocate reports the division would separate the lot that the Doneland Company and the Land Leasing Company jointly hold into two. Each company would claim one. The city council meets tomorrow night at seven o'clock. Its topics for discussion include the first reading of an ordiance dealing wit the subdivision request.

Marlin Eisenach treated for ankle injury

Extension agent Marlin Eisenach continues recovering following an injury during the Morgan County Fair's Catch-it Contest on Wednesday.

The Fort Morgan Times reports Eisenach had surgery Thursday.

Susan Kendrick told the crowd at the livestock sale Thursday that a calf stepped on Eisenach's ankle the wrong way, leaving it fractured and dislocated.

He went to Colorado Plains Medical Center for treatment.

Fort Morgan's city council OKs ADA agreement

Fort Morgan's city council has approved a settlement agreement concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Fort Morgan Times reports the deal with the D-O-J covers things the city must do in order to comply with the A-D-A. H-R risk management director Michael Boyers says the city has undergone an audit from justice department officials as part of the department's initiative ensuring A-D-A compliance. Boyer says the city has already worked on making changes the audit process has identified, some work remains. He says the city has not received any penalties at this point.

Plans to make Fort Morgan more attractive to builders

Fort Morgan's city manager has made some recommendations on how to make the city more appealing to developers. The Fort Morgan Times reports Jeff Wells' suggestions including making it more customer service friendly to receive city services and reorganizing some city departments. Wells claims these would address complaints and requests that contractors, developers, real estate agents, and bankers have made. The city has a housing shortage, especially in rentals. Residential building has declined and the city wants to reverse that.

Morgan Co. Fair Livestock sale totals $273,662

The Morgan County Fair Livestock Sale has taken just shy of two-hundred-seventy-four-thousand dollars. However, the Brush News-Tribune reports that falls short of last year's total of just over two-hundred-ninety-one-thousand dollars. Nevertheless, it remains higher than the total from two years ago of just over two-hundred-fifty-thousand dollars and the twenty-ten total of just under two-hundred-twenty-five-thousand.