What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
Sorted by date Results 26 - 30 of 30
Since starting in May of 2021 as the Phillips County emergency manager, Broc Pelle has become well entrenched in the complexities of county-level emergency management and its inherent collaboration with local, regional and state partners. Pelle is primarily responsible for coordinating and directing the planning, organization, control and implementation of local emergency management activities. That includes keeping an Emergency Operation Plan updated and an Emergency Operations Center at the...
Phillips County Board of Commissioners took numerous actions during their eight meetings occurring June 9 through Aug. 21, including business pertaining to the County’s financial audit, agreements and contracts, zoning matters, landfill business, requests for use of alcohol at events and various resolutions. As with every early summer season, Commissioners kept up with the plans and preparations for the county fair. Kayla Kafka, president of the fair board, provided regular updates. Held the week of July 24, the fair was deemed to be a s...
By JR Krueger For The Holyoke Enterprise The Phillips County Clerk and Recorder’s office has made available six different scenarios for redrawing the three county commissioner district boundaries. Referred to as redistricting, adjustments are required after each decennial federal census that provides updated population figures. The State statutes that govern county commissioner districts includes a new requirement from a 2021 legislative amendment that “In no event shall there be more than five percent deviation between the most populous and...
Following a period of staff turnover combined with a challenging workforce shortage, the Phillips County Sheriff's Office is currently at full peace officer staffing with the sheriff, undersheriff and two deputies. The latest staff members to be sworn in by Sheriff Michael Beard are Undersheriff Jack Wieland, on June 1, and Deputy Emali Torres, on June 12. Carrying vacant positions in law enforcement agencies is particularly challenging because of the length of time it takes to complete the...
Several speakers at a symposium, implemented by the recently formed Phillips County Election Integrity Project, urged 187 attendees to work toward reforms to the current election system. Held in Heginbotham Auditorium at Holyoke High School on Nov. 13, presenters conveyed their concerns about the use of voting and ballot processing machines and other current election protocols. Strategies were shared regarding what can be done to address these concerns, such as working with local elected officials. The first presenter, who joined remotely, was...
