Last week on Regional Radio, we heard from the engineer overseeing the Alta Farms II wind farm progress on behalf of DeWitt County.

As the project gets slowly closer to going live, language in the current ordinances is making things difficult to interpret for each party. Board Chair Dan Matthews says that is a prime example of why the new Board is taking up the effort to look at ordinances and clean up the language.

Last year, DeWitt County was approached about a solar farm but the County code only allows development of solar on industrial-zoned ground. With no industrial zone ground available for development, Matthews says that's something that is going to have to be looked at and is optimistic there is a place for solar in DeWitt County.

As noted on Regional Radio News over the weekend, the Regional Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals are now full after action last month by the new Board.