Bids were placed before Muskingum County Commissioners Monday to provide free hookups for low-income housing.

The $880,000 sewer line project in Sonora is set to service approximately 57 homes. A portion of those homes qualify for free hookups, which is why various contractors placed their bids on Monday.

"We'll award that bid probably Thursday of this week. That's the reason we opened the bid up is because 23 of the houses qualified for low-to-moderate-income for a free...