Dee-Mack voters OK new football stadium

Posted on November 9, 2016

By Eric Stock

MACKINAW – Voters in the Deer Creek-Mackinaw School District have approved a $6 million referendum to build a new football stadium at Dee-Mack High School along with other athletic upgrades.

The new stadium will include a track, artificial turf, LED lighting. The rest of the funding will pay for parking lot improvements and roof replacements at each of its schools.

But voters rejected a 30-cent increase in its property tax rate for the education fund. That would have offset a top in the district’s bonds and interest tax rate.

Taxpayers will now be paying off those bonds for an additional seven years, through 2024.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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