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March 11, 2020
LAUREL — Roger Protzman of JEO appeared at the Laurel City Council meeting to discuss a Downtown Revitalization agreement between JEO and the City. There will be an open house before th e city moves to the final design of the project. JEO will complete data collection, survey all of downtown, Spruce Street and south to the drainage ditch and do a geo-technical investigation.
A drainage study will look at the whole area with a hydrology analysis. Council members were told there is no need for an Army Corps of Engineers permit. Bids will be taken in November with an award in December and 2021 construction. There will be bi-weekly progress meetings, Protzman said.
“This will be the biggest project for Laurel short of a wastewater project,’’ Protzman said. The city approved an agreement with JEO, estimated to cost $498,929.
Also Monday, the city passed an ordinance for emergency repairs on a city well. Sargent Drilling will do the work. Cody Wickham of D.A. Davidson spoke with the Council about Series 2015 electric revenue bonds, which will be redeemed and Series 2020 electric revenue bonds will be issued for the purpose of interest cost savings. Wickham said the rate is at an all-time low of . 93 percent.
March 11, 2020
O’NEILL--The LCC Bears boys basketball team put together one of the best regular seasons in school history this year. They w on the District title last week by defeating Anselo-Merna to advance to this week’s State Class D Basketball Tournament in Lincoln. Team members celebrated the win by hoisting the championship trophy after the game in Albion. Noah Schutte helped cut down the net after the Bears claimed the title.
March 11, 2020
O’NEILL — The Bears dominant District title win over Anselo-Merna last week earned LCC a trip to State.
This marks the first time the combined Laurel-Concord-Coleridge boys basketball team has advanced to state. It also marks the first time since 2001 that a Laurel team has advanced to the Big Dance.
The Bears took control of this one early and never looked back. LCC raced out to a big 23-14 lead then put a 16-6 second-quarter run on A-M to take a 39-20 lead into the halftime break. The pace slowed down in the second half, but the Bears still managed to earn a 24-17 scoring advantage to seal the win and punch their ticket to Lincoln.
Senior stalwart Noah Schutte once again came up big for the Bears as he hit for 37 points. His big-game effort also propelled him over the 2,000 point mark for his career — a milestone no other Bear has ever met. Schutte also led the team on the boards, earning yet another double-double on the year.
LCC Coach Todd Erwin said the game plan worked well against Anselo-Merna. “We wanted to play our game and wanted to get after it: Go to the full court press, trap everywhere and get them out of their comfort zone,” Coach Erwin said. “We attacked the rim and got a lot of good shots and got a lot of fouls early on the ir key players. The kids executed the plans and it worked great.”
