DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Management, supervision and leadership fit Bob Bolz, Dawsonville’s new city manager like a glove. Wednesday was Bolz’s third day on the job and he took time to talk to Fetch Your News about his new position. “What has impressed me most so far is the quality of people I work with,” he […]
Read More »Chamber, Racing Hall of Fame and Dawsonville Distillery Review 2016 for City Council
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawsonville City Council heard presentations from the Bill Elliott Dawsonville Distillery, Dawsonville History Museum and Chamber of Commerce during its work session Monday. Council also considered its meeting schedule for 2017 and appointments and mayor and council board member designations. Dawson Chamber of Commerce President Christie Haynes gave the Chamber presentation, […]
Read More »School Board Reviews CCRPI Performance at First 2017 Meeting
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Director of Teaching and Learning Nicole LeCave shared FY16 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) results when the Board of Education met in a work session Tuesday. In discussing the county’s elementary schools, LeCave said, all elementary schools scored above the state score. Riverview Elementary increased its score from […]
Read More »Dawson County Boys, Girls Teams Beat Lumpkin County
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County boys and girls basketball teams took twin wins over rival Lumpkin County Tuesday. The Lady Tigers (2-7, 1-1) placed three players in double figures to roll past the Lady Indians 55-27. Abi Chatham led the way with 20 points, followed by Kaylee Sticker and Cadey Ayers with 12 each. […]
Read More »Commissioners Reject Controversial Rezoning
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Commissioners said no to two controversial zoning requests that would have allowed approximately 330 single-family housing units for seniors age 55 and up in the 400-corridor on Hwy 53 East at Tuesday’s meeting. One 15-acre plot, located between Slack Auto Parts and Farmington Creek, would have contained a 95-unit town […]
Read More »Dawson County Splits Non-Region Games with Habersham County
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County boys turned in their most impressive win of the season Monday, beating visiting Habersham County 66 to 39 in a non-region game. The win lifts the Tigers record to 7-5 heading into the Commerce Christmas Tournament next week. The Lady Tigers held a 10-point lead when the fourth quarter […]
Read More »New Commissioner’s Top Priority is Improved High-Speed Cable Access
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — When Chris Gaines is sworn in on Dec. 22nd, he will bring a strong record of public service to the Dawson County Board of Commissioners. A graduate of North Georgia College and State University with a degree in Business Management, Gaines has been a Dawsonville City Councilman, a member of the Board […]
Read More »Dawson County Splits Games in Christmas Tourney
COMMERCE, Ga. — In checking his list, Santa must have decided the Dawson County boys basketball team had been naughty but the girls had been nice so he delivered the appropriate gifts Tuesday at the Commerce Christmas Tournament. The Lady Tigers defeated Stephens County 45 to 34 and will move on to play the winner […]
Read More »Dawson County Closer to Hiring Staff Attorney
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Although there has been no formal vote, Dawson County is one step closer to ending its relationship with the law firm of Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks and McKenna and hiring a staff attorney after a 12-member committee met today and began to outline the scope of work that would be expected if […]
Read More »Dawson County May Bring Legal Services In-house
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson County Board of Commissioners dedicated much of Thursday’s work session to a discussion about bringing the function of county attorney in-house as opposed to contracting the work. “It’s mainly an efficiency and economics issue,” said County Manager David Headley who added the county has used the firm of Fox, Chandler, […]
Read More »New Kroger Opens in Dawson County
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The long-awaited new Kroger’s grocery store opened in Dawsonville today. Believed to be one of the largest grocery stores in the state, the new 123,000-square foot Kroger’s is located in the new shopping mall on the south side of Ga. 400 between Whitmire and Dawson Forest Roads and features a nine-pump Kroger […]
Read More »Commissioners End County Funding for Development Authority
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. –The Board of Commissioners approved the $24.2 million FY 2017 budget Thursday, but not until adopting several amendments proposed by District 3 Commissioner Jimmy Hamby, one of which was to withhold a $154,000 in county funding for the Development Authority. Hamby proposed removing $150,000 from agency’s budget plus another $4,000 in the form […]
Read More »Despite Drought, Few Brush Fires Reported in Dawson County
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Monday, Gov. Nathan Deal banned the ignition of fireworks in counties the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Division have declared to be in a drought area. Those counties in north Georgia include Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Habersham, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, and Union. Fetch Your News reached out today to Dawson […]
Read More »Tigers Open AAA Playoffs Against Lovett
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — For the first time since the second game of the season, Coach Sid Maxwell’s Dawson County Tigers need to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and get back in the game when they host Lovett in the opening round of the state AAA playoffs Friday. On Sept. 16, the Tigers lost a […]
Read More »GAC Routes Dawson Co. to Win 7-AAA Title
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Senior quarterback Davis Mills threw five touchdown passes Friday as Greater Atlanta Christian beat Dawson County 42-7 in Tiger Stadium to claim the Region 7-AAA championship. The Spartans clearly demonstrated why they are the No. 1-ranked team in the state. With the win comes the top seed in the opening round of […]
Read More »Trump, Isaakson and Gaines Win Dawson Co.
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Voters across north Georgia turned out in large numbers to vote in the 2016 Presidential Election. In Dawson, White and Lumpkin counties more than 80 percent of active registered voters cast their ballots. There were only a handful of contested races in Republican dominated Dawson County where 11,836 of 14,591 registered voters […]
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