Heads up for motorists, a portion of Highway 144 in Greene County will be closed for emergency repairs.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will close the highway between County Road E-26 in Dana and E-18 in Paton tomorrow morning. Officials say emergency repairs will be done at the railroad crossing on the highway. A detour will be in place from County roads E-26 to P-33 to E-18. Local traffic will have access to the highway during construction, though permitted oversize loads are prohibited.
The closure will run from Tuesday at 8 a.m. until Friday at around 5 p.m. For more information on this and other road construction in the area, click the link below to visit the DOT website.