The tax levy has been adopted for the community of Spickard. The Spickard Board of Aldermen, following the August 13th public hearing, voted to set the local levy at just over 99 cents (.9917) on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. The levy, if 100 percent collection, would generate $48,650 in local taxes for Spickard. […]
Spickard and Grundy County firefighters responded to a fire call Monday afternoon at the Zooks residence at 406 Northwest 100th Street. Spickard fire department training officer Jesse Richmond said a shed had been converted into a kiln for drying out wood and the structure caught fire. Richmond reported the loss was approximately four to five […]
The Highway Patrol reports a teen from Spickard sustained minor injuries when the car he drove overturned one mile south of Spickard Thursday evening. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Marshall drove south on Second Northwest Avenue at an allegedly high rate of speed when he lost control of the car. The vehicle skidded off the west side of […]
The Spickard Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire on Highway Y Friday evening. Training Officer Jesse Richmond reports the original call said the fire was close to a barn. He says crews saw heavy black smoke on the way to the one-eighth to one quarter acre fire, which he believed was due to […]
The Spickard Fire Department responded to a call near Northeast 48th Avenue Tuesday afternoon around 3 o’clock. Training Officer Jesse Richmond says about 10 acres of switchgrass were on fire. The Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District aided Spickard with a tanker, two brush trucks, and crew. Crews were on the scene about 40 minutes […]
The Spickard Fire Department responded to a call on Highway C around 4 o’clock this morning. Training Officer Jesse Richmond says the department was called out for a grass fire, but when firefighters arrived they found a large lumber fire. He reports Spickard requested a tanker and brush trucks and received mutual aid from Mercer […]
