Wholesale produce packer and distributor Castellini Co. is expanding their Wilder facility with a $16.6 million investment. The expansion plans include adding a 36,000-square-foot industrial freezer and installing pick-to-light order technology. Castellini leadership said they want to increase the facility’s capabilities and efficiency. “We are excited about what this investment in our Wilder facility means for […]
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Wilder approves $1.2 million bond for new firetruck
Wilder City Council approved a $1.2 million bond agreement in a regular April meeting as part of a multi-faceted plan to fund a new fire truck. The city received six bids from various banks willing to finance the order. City Administrator Terry Vance recommended Chase Bank’s offer of a locked annual interest rate of 3.4% […]
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SD1 project in Wilder aims to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows
Sanitation District No. 1, also known as SD1, is upsizing sanitary sewer pipe near the Bentwood Hills Condominiums along Three-Mile Road in Wilder to address sanitary sewer overflows in the area. The “Licking River Siphon Project” project is part of SD1’s Clean H2040 program, an effort to eliminate capacity-related sewer overflows by 2040. The project will […]
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Duke Energy, local organizations work together to prepare and market industrial sites
Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, the economic development organization serving Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties, helps identify properties for future industrial projects, including by partnering with Duke Energy with its Site Readiness program, which was launched to help communities proactively assess and prepare properties for development. Through this program launched in 2010, Duke Energy hires a national […]
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Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, the economic development organization serving Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties, helps identify properties for future industrial projects, including by partnering with Duke Energy with its Site Readiness program, which was launched to help communities proactively assess and prepare properties for development. Through this program launched in 2010, Duke Energy hires a national […]
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Wilder seeks to update 29-year-old personnel policy
Wilder is updating their current personnel policy for the 21st century with the help of the Kentucky League of Cities, known locally as the KLC. The city’s 75-page manual on employee conduct has only gone through minor changes since its inception in 1994, but this review effort has been in the pipeline since January. Over […]
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City of Wilder in ‘sound financial position’ despite emergency maintenance issues
Wilder is in good financial shape according to the latest audit report presented at the city’s February council meeting. The 51-page report published by independent accounting firm Maddox and Associates covered the city’s financial statements and internal control between July 2021 and June 2022. It concluded with a clean opinion on both fronts along with […]
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SD1 project aims to eliminate sewage overflow, starting in Campbell County
Sanitation District No. 1 presented a report to the Campbell County Fiscal Court meeting on Feb. 1, highlighting their efforts to mitigate sewage overflow in the region. Part of those efforts is the Clean H2040 project, which consists of equalization tanks to help eliminate sewage overflow. The first tanks built by SD1 are along Route […]
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Police chief warns of catalytic converter theft spike during holiday season
Wilder Police Chief Chad Martin warned local residents of catalytic converter thefts around the holiday season during a city council meeting earlier this month. “We’re getting it all around us,” Martin said. “Officers have been sitting up in the parking lots, trying to just watch all night long.” The thefts, Chief Martin went on to […]
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Changes made to streamline animal services in Campbell County
Cities in Campbell County have entered into an interlocal agreement with the county to dissolve the Northern Kentucky Animal Control Board and enter into a new deal with the fiscal court to provide animal control services. The cities of Bellevue, Cold Spring, Dayton, Fort Thomas, Highland Heights, Melbourne, Silver Grove, Southgate, and Wilder are participating […]
