Cemetery in Harrington needs an update

HARRINGTON–Mayor Jess Silhan said the cemetery needs a new sprinkler system and had trees that needed to come down during a workshop held by council on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Silhan said that information regarding plots in the cemetery, where burials are located, and other documentation needs to be updated.

"All the documentation has gotten to the point; it's untenable," he said.

He discussed how the process could be complex because those with extensive knowledge of the cemetery are hard to find.

Stan Roth, a long-time resident of the area, researched how to store data better and talked about ma...