Nienhueser awarded contract for north side street repair

Bids for the upcoming north side street projects were awarded to Nienhueser Construction at Tuesday night's city council meeting.

This project involves replacing the street, curb, gutter and sidewalk on four blocks of Forrest Street between 15th Ave. and 17th Ave. The work will continue along 17th Ave. from Forrest to Elm, according to Brett Meyer of Baker & Associates, the company engineering the job.

The bid opened on August 29 at which time two companies submitted proposals on the project, including Nienhueser Construction and Reed Construction. Nienhueser's base bid was around $517,...