GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Gubernatorial candidate and first-term state Senator Michael Williams (R-Cumming) will be the featured speaker at the Lanier Tea Party Patriots meeting at the Gainesville Civic Center Thursday (June 15) at 7 p.m. An ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, Williams was the first elected official in Georgia to endorse Trump’s candidacy and […]
Read More »Carnival, Fireworks Permits on Commission Agenda
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County commissioners will consider three special event business license applications when it meets in a work session at 4 p.m. today (June 8) and a request by Deputy Fire Chief Jim Satterfield to host a fundraising event at Fire Station 8. Carol Stream Amusements, Inc. is requesting approval to host an […]
Read More »Deputy Webb Hosts CLEA Ride Along
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Wednesday morning was uneventful for Matt Webb. That is not a bad thing when you are a deputy for the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office. Recent developments have clearly demonstrated that law enforcement officers never know when they may face a life-threatening situation. Deputy Webb is a very young man, with an important […]
Read More »Gainesville Teacher to Campaign Against Ninth District Congressman Doug Collins
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Qualifying is still a year away and there is the matter of paying the $5,000 qualifying fee, but Democrat Josh McCall says he will campaign for U.S. Congress in Georgia’s Ninth District during the 2018 election. The 36-year-old McCall, a teacher at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, has never run for public […]
Read More »Dawsonville Man Charged with Rape, Child Molestation
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. –Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson reported Tuesday that Mitchell Lee Ingebrigtsen, 23, of 129 Blacksmill Valley Road in Dawsonville, was arrested at his home Friday and charged with rape, cruelty to children, aggravated child molestation and incest. The charges stem from an incident that is reported to have occurred between November 13, 2016 […]
Read More »Darnell Gives Suicide Prevention Presentation in Dawson, Lumpkin Counties
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Two days after delivering her presentation on suicide prevention at Dawson County’s First Baptist Church Sunday Dr. Janice Darnell, Director of Student Support Services for Dawson County Schools, was in Lumpkin County to address a grief-stricken community at Lumpkin County High School. Her poignant but vitally important message followed in the […]
Read More »Storm Cleanup Required Massive Effort by County Public Safety and Public Works Personnel
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Folks who attended Thursday’s Dawson County Board of Commissioners work session couldn’t help but leave with a greater appreciation for the county’s Public Safety and Public Works personnel. Emergency Services Chief Lanier Swafford and Public Safety Works Director David McKee gave a pretty good account of what it took to get the […]
Read More »Commissioners Welcome New Staff Attorney
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County Board of Commissioners welcomed new staff attorney Monroe Lynn Frey III to the county at Thursday’s work session. County Manager David Headley said Frey will be paid $85,000 a year to start and the salary could increase to $90,000 following a six-month probation period. Frey has expressed an interest […]
Read More »50th Annual Moonshine Festival Roars into Dawsonville This Weekend
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Starting today (Oct. 27) Dawson County’s population of approximately 23,000 is expected to explode to nearly 100,000 as visitors from as far away as North Dakota join the locals in the 50th celebration of the Mountain Moonshine Festival. The event will have a major economic impact on the area and serve as […]
Read More »Congressman Collins Honors Satterfield, Pichon
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County Deputy Chief of Emergency Services Tim Satterfield and Gary Pichon, a member of the county’s Long Range Planning Committee and former county commissioner, were among those honored as Heroes by 9th District Congressman Doug Collins for going above and beyond the call of duty in service to their community. “First […]
Read More »Second Budget Hearing is Set for Thursday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Those who would like a chance to voice their concerns about the proposed fiscal year 2018 budget will have that opportunity when the Dawson County Board of Commissioners holds a called meeting and the second public hearing on the $37.3 million spending bill Thursday at 4 p.m. The budget proposal represents a […]
Read More »Commissioners Set Millage Rate at 8.138
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners set the 2018 millage rate at 8.138 mils Thursday, resulting in a 4.45 percent increase in property taxes. The new rate will increase the taxes on a home with a fair market value of $250,000 by $34.70. Taxes on a non-homestead property valued at $200,000 will […]
Read More »Trial of Citizen Journalist Tisdale is Continued
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Nydia Tisdale trial scheduled for today (Aug. 7) has been continued due to a conflict with the court calendar. Tisdale is the self-described citizen journalist who was arrested at a political rally at Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in August 2014. She was charged with felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer. The […]
Read More »Body Found Near Amicalola Falls State Park is that of a 54-Year-old Kentucky Man
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — Dawson County Coroner Ted Bearden today identified the body found Tuesday just off the Appalachian Trail near the Amicalola Falls State Park as that of 54-year-old Michael Johnson of Liberty, Kentucky. Bearden said foul play is not suspected. The body has been sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for autopsy. […]
Read More »Requests for Zoning Modifications on the Agenda When City Council Meets Monday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. –- When the Dawsonville City Council meets Monday at 6 p.m., there will be a public hearing and second reading of an ordinance that, if adopted, would set the application fee for annexations and change the fees for zonings. Council is also expected to vote on two requests by Len Reeves for modification […]
Read More »Sen. Mike Williams Discusses His Run for Governor at Lanier Tea Party Patriots Meeting
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Three years ago, a brash young Cumming businessman with no political experience and very little name recognition announced his campaign against one of the most powerful senators in the state of Georgia. People in his Forsyth County district thought he was crazy. “They laughed,” he said. “You remember that,” he reminded a […]
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