City updates, Parks & Rec readies for summer

It was announced at the Malta City Council meeting last Tuesday that a highfalutin, $1,370 gopher-killing machine that dispenses carbon monoxide would not be needed by the Malta Public Works Department, but rather a much cheaper alternative, gas canisters, would be used instead to rid City parks of the pests.

Malta Public Works Director Jim Truelove informed the City Council that Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian (who was asked to learn more about the nearly $1,400 monoxide machine at the first meeting of the month) recommended the canisters after talking to some of his contac...