New non-profit raising funds to match ditch repair grant

Last fall the Menard County Water Control and Improvement District #1 (WCID) announced the department’s receipt of a $1.8 million federal Environmental Water Resource Projects grant to help fund phase one of the county’s ever-present ditch repair project. The entire project, at the time of grant application, was estimated at $2.5 million. The grant covers 75% of the total project cost. The ...

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