Community receives updates at ‘What’s Happening in Spencer?’ event

In the next month, the Granton Village Board will make a decision on a few items which were brought to the board at its meeting on April 8. There will be a special ordinance meeting onApril 22 to put together an ordinance on storage containers within the village limits, while in May, the board will decide whether or not to have the village enroll in the TextMyGov program to be able to send residen...

At the “What’s Happening in Spencer?” event last Thursday at the Spencer Village Hall, police chief Shawn Bauer gave a report on last year’s police department activity and also answered resident questions. The police department responded to 2,126 calls for service last year, including 608 traffic stops. The other highest categories were: miscellaneous service, 173 calls; medical emergen...