LAHARPE — LaHarpe City Councilman David Lee asked the city Wednesday to consider taking over upkeep of the LaHarpe Cemetery.
The cemetery lies outside city limits, and is under the jurisdiction of the South Elm Township, Lee explained.
A township cemetery board hired Terry Crowell this year as sexton, responsible for keeping grass mowed and marking burial plots.
However, equipment failures prevented Crowell from mowing for several days prior to Memorial Day. Making matters worse, the contract was set up in such a way that the…
