Hillsboro Fire pancake breakfast Saturday

The Hillsboro Fire Department is sponsoring a free-will donation breakfast Saturday, May 1, from 6 a.m. to noon at the Hillsboro City Hall/Fire Station at 105 E. Commercial St. in Hillsboro.

The firemen and firewomen will be serving scrambled eggs, sausage links, hash browns, and pancakes along with orange juice, apple juice, whole and 2% milk and chocolate milk. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of a better brush truck and more equipment. This will help improve their ability to protect you and your property and also help improve the department's ISO rating, which will in turn help your homeowner's insurance costs go down in the future, if you live in our fire district.

Spring clean-up

The Hillsboro Spring Clean-up is Saturday, May 15. Residents are asked to have items out by 7 a.m.

Here is a list of items that are accepted and items must be bagged or boxed: Miscellaneous household, unwanted items; Windows and doors in moderation; Regular household food waste; Carpet rolled and tied in 6-foot length; Appliances such as washers, dryers, water heaters, refrigerators, A/C units, microwaves and stoves. The appliances must be clean from food waste; Mattresses; Miscellaneous scrap metal items; Used oil with a 5-gallon limit; Dried latex paint only and tires - four per household 14-inch to 22-inch rim size. No rims and no semi or tractor tires will be accepted.

Items not accepted: Oil base paint, any and all chemicals; concrete and/or brick or ashes.

Clean-up is not to be used for remodeling projects. The city will not pick up piles of loose trash thrown at the curbside. Items must be bagged or boxed. The city will not rake up or scoop up loose waste thrown on the ground.

Television and computer monitors must have a $20 Wemiga Waste Sticker purchased through the city. For questions, call 319-986-6919.