Last month, the Kirksville School District opened up bids for a proposed baseball and softball complex. However, the initial construction bids were well above the budgeted amount. Superintendent Bob Webb…

Plans for the facility include for both fields to be all turf and for the construction of a press box. Webb says there are multiple reasons the bids were high.

A second round of bids for the proposed Kirksville Baseball/Softball complex closed Wednesday. District officials are hopeful to have the facility ready by the start of the 2022 softball season.