School Board discusses Affordable Care Act

by Matt Hughes

J-E News Editor

For the first time in several years, the Webster County School District will soon be litigation free. At Monday night’s board meeting, board members voted unanimously to settle a law suite between former employee Polly Dunbar and the Webster County School District.

Dunbar filed suit against the district on September 20, 2010, and the district filed a counter suit on April 21, 2011. Dunbar and her attorney  will be paid the sum of $10,000 to settle all claims. Both parties will then both execute Agreed Orders dismissing both law suits.

Water District: "We will save money" with new additive

by Matt Hughes

J-E News Editor

The Webster County Water District board was in session Thursday morning in Dixon. For the third consecutive month water production in the county was up, but Superintendant Paul Lashbrook said the increase is due mostly to flushing of the lines.

“We’ve done a lot more flushing this year than we normally do,” he told the board.

At the board’s November meeting, held at the Water Plant in Onton, Lashbrook informed the board that the plant would be adding what he called a “magic additive” to the water treatment process. That additive, hydrogen peroxide, is expected to drastically cut the cost of water treatment.