Open house on Beaver Lodge levy set for Sept. 4

Beaver Creek Park’s Beaver Lodge will be holding an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, for people interested in learning about a three-mill levy that will be on this year’s general election ballot, one that will pay for the structure’s replacement.

The Hill County Park Board was initially planning to pay for major renovations and upgrades at the current lodge, which has seen significant deterioration over the years, but after being denied a grant that would have paid for much of these upgrades and the revelation that the project would be much more expensive than anticipated, they opt...