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YGC excited for new community garden

A location has been set for the new Yoakum Community Garden. The garden is hosted by the Yoakum Garden Club (YGC). They have been around for 50 years.

YISD Beautification Project update

The Yoakum Independent School District (YISD) Student Council has been making some headway on their ongoing beautification project.“Right now, we just finished up the landscaping of phase three which is the courtyard area in the middle of the school,” Student Council Advisor Amy Robbins said.

Weak earthquake reported

A very weak earthquake was reported early Monday morning with the epicenter located between Shiner and Yoakum, east of Highway 95. According to the database.earth website, the quake took place at 9:12 p.m. Sunday evening, March 30 and was considered light in magnitude registering 1.6.

Commissioners support new district court

At the Tuesday, March 25 Commissioners’ Court meeting, the court approved a resolution supporting the creation of a District Court that would include Gonzales, Colorado and Lavaca counties.The resolution said, “The new district court is planned to begin on Jan.

April 13 - 19: National Telecommunicators Week

The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court meeting on Tuesday, March 25 was busy approving proclamations with one of them designating April 13 through 19 as National Telecommunicators Week.

April: Child Abuse Prevention Month

At the Tuesday, March 25 Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court meeting, the court approved a proclamation declaring April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Lavaca County presented state resolution

On Monday, March 17, a contingency of county officials and residents traveled to Austin and took part in Lavaca County Day at the Capitol.The group enjoyed a day of not only touring the Capitol building, but also meeting with District 18 state senator Lois Kolkhorst and District 30 representative A.

County tax office closed April 9

The Lavaca County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office will be closed on Wednesday, April 9.According to tax assessor-collector, Deborah A. Sevcik, her office will be closed due to her and her office staff attending a regional meeting for important motor vehicle and property tax updates.

Burn ban lifted

Through an executive order issued by County Judge Keith Mudd, the burn ban for Lavaca County was removed Monday, March 31.In the order, Mudd said due to precipitation having fallen over the past 24 hours, he is lifting the burn ban.

Court to take action on garbage blocking county right-of-ways

The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court in a regular meeting Tuesday, March 25 and addressed a long list of agenda items.The meeting was held on Tuesday due to the commissioners’ courtroom being utilized on the normal Monday meeting date.