Town board makes plans for big expenses

The Thomson Township Board of Supervisors approved a $400,000 certificate of indebtedness at its meeting Thursday, March 21, to finance the purchase of a fire truck, backhoe and woodchipper. The loan from North Shore Bank of Commerce will be paid off in five years, with monthly payments of $7,700.

In other matters, the board approved a request from Tom and Sheri Reummele to place a mobile home on a portion of their property.

“We just built a new home six or seven years ago. We won’t create an eyesore,” Tom Reummele said, noting they wanted to get permission for the mobile home before splitting...