KINGMAN – Several downtown Kingman property owners objected when the city council approved a proposed grain silo for the Rickety Cricket brewery operation on Beale St. Owner Terry Thomson sought an encroachment permit to place the 31-foot-tall structure that can store up to 55,000 pounds of grain on a portion of the public sidewalk. Thomson answered questions, expressed pride in the success of his business and bristled at the blowback. “If we’re not at all proud of what I’ve built downtown, then I’m fighting the wrong battle right now,” Thomson said. “The grain silo is one more additional cost that…

LAKE  HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City Clerk Kelly Williams recently earned the Master Municipal Clerk designation from IIMC, the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, Inc. The IIMC grants the MMC designation only to those municipal clerks who complete demanding education requirements, and who have record of significant contributions to their local government, their community and state. Kelly Williams was born and raised here in Lake Havasu City, graduated from Lake Havasu High School and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, and has been employed with the City for the past twenty years. “Only a handful of municipal clerks earn…