What was Zach Lahn’s high school football record? Your Call the Courier questions

Q: How long will it be before Highway 175 between the Gladbrook corner and Morrison will be opened? 

A: The Iowa Department of Transportation said construction on that stretch of road will be closed until Sept. 30, weather permitting, to replace the bridge over Munn’s Creek.

Q: In Waverly I thought it was illegal to mow grass clippings into the street. But today, I saw the city of Waverly mowing grass and it was going onto the streets. They advise against this, but yet our city of Waverly can do it.

A: Correct, Waverly’s City Code states yard waste cannot be blown into the street. Garret Riordan, the city’s leisure services director, said city staff is trained to blow any clippings back onto the property once mowing is complete. If this does not happen, that can be reported to the Leisure Services or Public Services departments.

Q: Zach Lahn says he played quarterback when he was in high school in Sioux City. What was the record of that team that he played quarterback on?

A: According to Sioux City Journal archives, the Sioux City East Black Raiders went 3-6 in 2003 when Lahn was the quarterback.

Q: Would it be possible for the cities of Waterloo and Cedar Falls and Evansdale communities to work together to possibly entice a Costco store to be built in this area? I think it would be really good for the entire community if they could work together to entice that store to be built here.

A: Cities can put out feelers for potential businesses, but it’s a free market economy, if Costco executives wanted to open a store here, they would. 

Q: I am calling concerned about a house in the 700 block in the middle of the block of Fowler. They have squatters living there. It’s a condemned house and there’s elderly people across the street that are afraid of them and there’s young girls running in and out and they fear that it could be a drug house. Is there anything that anybody can do about it? Could anybody check on them? 

A: You could try calling the Waterloo Police’s non-emergency number at (319) 291-2515. 

Q: When will Greenhill Road in Waterloo between Progress Avenue and University Avenue be open to traffic? 

A: The estimated opening is at the end of October.

Q: When is Black Hawk County going to change their speed limit signs to reflect the speed limit?

A: The county’s engineering department is studying all the paved county roads that were increased from 55 mph to 60 mph to determine if there are any roads that should not be increased due to safety. In a previous story, we mentioned the engineering department hopes to be finished with that study by the end of September.

Q: We would like to know what was Ashley Hinson’s net worth when she entered politics and what is it now? 

A: According to financial disclosure reports from the House of Representatives, Rep. Ashley Hinson’s net worth before she became a representative was $154,000 to $1.2 million. In 2024 – the latest data we could find – her net worth was $2 million to $8 million. Incomes are listed as a vast range, which is why there is a large difference of a possible net worth.

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