Local News Headlines – Monday, May 31

May 31, 2021 kdomadmin Local News 0

TODAY IS MEMORIAL DAY.   THE HOLIDAY IS OBSERVED ON THE LAST MONDAY OF MAY, HONORING MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE U-S MILITARY.  THE HOLIDAY BEGAN AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN DECORATING THE GRAVES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS WITH FLOWERS.  IN 1868, THE FIRST “DECORATION DAY” PROGRAM WAS HELD AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.  AFTER WORLD WAR ONE, THE HOLIDAY WAS USED TO RECOGNIZE AMERICAN WHO HAD DIED IN SERVICE DURING ANY CONFLICT.  THE NAME ALSO WAS CHANGED TO MEMORIAL DAY.  IN 1971, MEMORIAL DAY WAS MOVED FROM ITS TRADITIONAL DATE OF MAY 30TH TO THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY, AND WAS MADE AN OFFICIAL FEDERAL HOLIDAY.   
 
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES ARE BEING HELD TODAY.   IN WINDOM, THERE WILL BE A SHORT PROGRAM AT LAKEVIEW CEMETERY AT 11:00AM, WEATHER PERMITTING.  THE PROGRAM WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT TO THE CIVIL WAR MONUMENT.  MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.  THERE WILL BE A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AND A FLAG PRESENTATION.  A RIFLE VOLLEY WILL BE FIRED.  FLAGS WILL BE PUT UP AT LOCAL CEMETERIES, WEATHER PERMITTING.  A PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AT THE JEFFERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AT 10:30 MONDAY MORNING.  THE GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE PASTOR JENNIFER BENNETT FROM THE TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH.  AFTER THE PROGRAM, A POTLUCK DINNER WILL BE HELD AT THE JEFFERS SENIOR CITIZENS’ CENTER. 
 
MORE MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS ARE PLANNED IN THE AREA.   SEVERAL AREA CITIES WILL BE HOLDING SHORT OBSERVANCES AT LOCAL CEMETERIES IN THE MORNING.  AMONG THE MAIN PROGRAMS TODAY, THERE WILL BE PROGRAMS AT 9:00 THIS MORNING AT THE BREWSTER LEGION HALL.  A SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT FULDA LAKE IN THE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY A PROGRAM AT FULDA HIGH SCHOOL AT 10:00.  A MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AT 9:00 AT THE HERON LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.  THE JACKSON LEGION POST AND VFW WILL HOLD A PROGRAM IN ASHLEY PARK AT 10:00, WITH A SHORT PROGRAM AT SUNSET CEMETERY.  LAKEFIELD WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM AT 9:30 AT THE MILL ROAD CEMETERY.  THE ROUND LAKE AMERICAN LEGION WILL HOLD A PROGRAM AT 10:30 AT THE LEGION HALL.  IN WESTBROOK, THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VFW WILL HAVE A PROGRAM AT 10:30 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.   
 
THE COTTONWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET AT 9:00 TUESDAY MORNING.  THE BOARD WILL HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY 4-H PROGRAM.  THE WINDOM E-D-A DIRECTOR WILL REVIEW AN APPLICATION FOR A HOUSING TAX ABATEMENT FOR A NEW HOUSE IN WINDOM.  THE PLANNING AND ZONING TECHNICIAN WILL REVIEW AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.  THE BOARD WILL REVIEW A PROPOSED COOPERATIVE DRAINAGE AGREEMENT WITH THE HERON LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT.  SEVERAL PERSONNEL MATTERS WILL BE HANDLED.  THE BOARD WILL REVIEW A JOINT-POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTIES THAT ARE SERVED BY THE RED ROCK RURAL WATER SYSTEM.  THE BOARD WILL REVIEW A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WITH TWO EMPLOYEE UNIONS INVOLVING A CHANGE IN WHEN SALARY INCREASES ARE AWARDED. 
 
A MEETING OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD WILL BE HELD AT 9:00 TUESDAY MORNING.  FEDERATED R-E-A WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION ON HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND.  THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER APPROVING AN UPDATED POLICY ON TAX ABATEMENTS.  THE POSITION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR MAY BE CHANGED FROM 32-HOURS TO 40-HOURS A WEEK AND AN OPENING MAY BE ADVERTISED.  A RESOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED TO CONVEY THE COUNTY-OWNED PROPERTY AT SPARKS COUNTY PARK TO THE CITY OF LAKEFIELD.  A JOB DESCRIPTION WILL BE REVIEWED FOR A PART-TIME ASSISTANT TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.  A REVISED JOB DESCRIPTION WILL BE REVIEWED FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR.    
 
THE MURRAY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET AT 8:30 TUESDAY MORNING AT THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN SLAYTON.  A PUBLIC HEARING WIL LBE HELD ON A PROPOSED STATE GRANT APPLICATION FOR A BROADBAND PROJECT IN SLAYTON.  THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW QUOTES FOR AN APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.  THE BOARD WILL REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND AN INTERIM USE PERMIT.  A DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD ON IMPROVEMENTS TO SUNDQUIST COUNTY PARK ON WEST LAKE SARAH.  THE BOARD WILL REVIEW A JOINT-POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 9 COUNTIES SERVED BY THE RED ROCK RURAL WATER SYSTEM. THE BOARD WILL REVIEW A NEW UNION CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY JAILER-DISPATCHERS.