Colton High football lights to return this fall

The lights are coming back to Colton on Friday nights in the fall.

Colton superintendent Nate Smith and the school board decided to put up new lights after two seasons of afternoon football games due to faulty lights.

The project comes after lights were cut from plans for the school remodeling, which was completed last summer.

The remodel included electrical conduit laid under the new parking lot for if and when new lights were put in.

The estimated $155,902 project will be done by Musco Sports Lighting, based in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

On July 5, the original eight poles will come down and be replac...