Joe Viechnicki, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Borough yet to hear cause of vehicle shop fire

Borough officials don’t yet know the cause of last Monday’s fire that damaged vehicles and the maintenance shop.

Assembly OKs water, sewer loan question for local ballot

Petersburg’s borough assembly Thursday approved the final reading of a ballot question on water line and sewer pump replacement work.

Petersburg ballot will have races for mayor, assembly, hospital board

Petersburg voters will have choices for mayor, assembly and hospital board seats this fall.

Consultants studying options for medical center replacement in Petersburg

Consultants are studying the options for a new community hospital in Petersburg and have found out a few things about the existing medical center site. A team of architects expects to come up with some preferred alternatives and better cost estimates by the end of the year for building a new facility near that existing site or somewhere else in Petersburg.

Motor pool buildings, vehicles damaged in Monday night fire

Billowing black smoke and the sound of explosions filled the air in downtown Petersburg Monday night. A fire damaged buildings and vehicles at the Petersburg borough’s maintenance facility for heavy vehicles on South Second Street.