Bid awarded for construction of new Missouri River bridge at Yankton
The apparent low bid submitted Wednesday for the new Yankton bridge came in well below the project’s estimated $30 million cost.
However, it was noted that not all the cost estimates are taken up in the construction bid, and costs could rise toward the estimate as the process moves toward construction.
Jensen Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa, put forth a $23.9 million bid for the project. Two other bids were submitted for the project: Cramer and Associates, Inc., also of Des Moines, put forth a $25.2 million bid; and United Contractors, Inc., of Johnston, Iowa, put forth a $25.3 million bid.
Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) officials who were at the special bid-letting for the Yankton bridge Wednesday, May 2, were visibly happy with the bid result. “These are acceptable bids,” said John Baker, an engineer in the NDOR's roadway design division who put together the bridge project package.
Journal on 05.13.07 @ 07:02 PM CST [more..]
Graduation takes place in Crofton
Graduation for 48 Crofton High School seniors will take place this Saturday, May 5 at 2 pm in the CHS gymnasium.
Members of the graduating Class of 2007 include: Brady Arens, Lexi Arens, Travis Boelter, John Boldenow, Jordan Drahota, Andrew Dreesen, Rebecca Evans, Tara Evans, Tom Fillaus, Brady Foxhoven, Meagan Friend, Andrew Goeden, Alex Guenther, Darin Guenther, Stacie Guenther, Emily Haberman, Tyler “TJ” Harmelink, Amber Hegge, Kelvin Johnson, Brett Kleinschmit, Rachel Kleinschmit, Cullen Kohles, Daniel Kohles, Amanda Kube, Shanel Kube, Cheyenne LaPointe, Michelle Leader, Jared Mann, Matt Merchen, Sarah Merkel, Ben Mueller, Chelsi Mueller, Sarah Muhmel, Danielle Murphy, Jarod Nelson, Matt Oltmanns, Eric Peitz, Anthony Pier, Matt Plantenberg, Deanna Potts, Tierney Schumacher, Tom Scott, Alex Tramp, Nicole Tramp, Josh Tweedy, Andrew Welch, Greg Wortmann, and Cody Zavadil.
School officials are asking that no air horns be used during the graduation program, as they cause discomfort for those wearing hearing aids.
Journal on 05.13.07 @ 07:01 PM CST [more..]
Crofton area family survives being picked up by tornado
It is two days later and Barry Meyer of Crofton still doesn’t know what to think.
Meyer owns CJ’s at the Lake, a bar and grill that sits atop the hill along Highway 54C about three miles west of the Highway 121 intersection, and just a mile from the Weigand/Burbach Recreation Area. He’s lived 20 years on the shore of Lewis & Clark Lake and has never seen anything like Saturday’s tornado outbreak. And hopes to never see it again.
Journal on 05.13.07 @ 07:00 PM CST [more..]
Tornado wreaks havoc on area west of Crofton; state park
With the news of the horrific devastation caused by a tornado that struck a small town in the middle of Kansas barely 12 hours old, the Crofton area had perhaps one of its worst tornado scares in many years.
One huge tornado, estimated at nearly two miles wide, swept up from the south late Saturday afternoon, May 5, crushing farm places in its path before leveling a devastating blow to the Weigand section of the Lewis & Clark State Recreation Area. It then crossed Lewis & Clark Lake, and continued its trek of destruction in South Dakota for another 35 miles, as far north as Menno, SD.
When the winds finally calmed, and area residents came out to look things over, they found outbuildings crushed, windows blown out (or in) on their farmsteads. Lewis & Clark SRA superintendent Daryl Holmberg found that the central portion of his beautiful campground was littered with broken or uprooted trees, demolished buildings, damaged picnic shelters and a boat marina with only one of about two dozen boats still upright and floating, and no way to get to them because the steel docks were twisted or disconnected from land.
Journal on 05.13.07 @ 06:59 PM CST [more..]
