Chinook PD cleaning up

Chinook's Chief of Police Mark Weber is going to clean up the town, or at least get people to tidy their own yards.

At Thursday night's Chinook City Council meeting, Weber talked about two efforts he plans on making in the next month: To more strictly enforce the city's laws about junk on property and to craft a more enforceable lawn care ordinance for the council to look at next month.

"Something has got to be done, " Weber said. "We tried to be nice, but it's just not working. "

He said that the 10 properties in town he recognizes as the largest offenders are holding 50 junk cars between the...