opposition

  • Rock County applied for a $25 million grant to construct a transload and rail yard facility east of Magnolia. The facility consists of a 40,000-square-foot warehouse and 11 tracks off the Buffalo Ridge Regional Railroad for rail car storage.
    Residents oppose Magnolia rail yard
    By Mavis Fodness
    March 20, 2024
    The Magnolia City Council shared a letter of support in a grant application Rock County submitted for the $25 million transload and rail yard facility proposed for the east edge of town. Now residents of Magnolia and Magnolia Township are criticizing city leaders for the letter, and they addressed Magnolia City Council and Rock County officials at the March 12 meeting in city hall. Rock County…
  • 1926: Re-routing of County Road 9 meet with opposition
    By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical Society
    September 12, 2017
    The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on November 12, 1926:   MANY FARM OWNERS ARE OPPOSED TO RE-ROUTING NO. 9   Divided Fields With Resultant Inconveniences Are Most General Grounds for Complaint.   The re-routing of trunk highway No. 9, so that it will run along the north side of the Omaha right-of-way from the west edge of this city, to the South Dakota state line, instead of over…
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