Local News Headlines – Wednesday, Aug 4

THE WINDOM SCHOOL BOARD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING LAST FRIDAY.   THE BOARD VOTED TO APPROVE THE HIRING OF FAITH HARRIS AS THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER AND CHOIR DIRECTOR.  HARRIS IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS WITH A DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.  SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN MUSIC COMPOSITION AND VOCAL MUSIC.  HARRIS HAS MOST RECENTLY BEEN WORKING AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR THE WOODBURY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IN THE TWIN CITIES.   

 

THE 2021 NOBLES COUNTY FAIR IS BEING HELD THIS WEEK AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN WORTHINGTON. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS:  ON WEDNESDAY, THERE WILL BE A BEAN-BAG TOURNAMENT AND A 5-K FUN RUN.  ON THURSDAY, FREE ENTERTAINMENT WITH THE “BACK 40 BOYS HILLBILLY BAND.”  ON FRIDAY, THE 4-H RIBBON AUCTION WILL BE HELD.  THE GRANDSTAND SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL FEATURE COUNTRY MUSIC PERFORMER EDDIE MONTGOMERY AT 8:00PM.  THE WARMUP ACT WILL BE “LAKE AND LYNDALE.”  ON SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE STOCK-CAR RACING AT THE SPEEDWAY.  A STREET DANCE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MUSICIAN SHANE MARTIN.  THE FAIR WRAPS UP NEXT SUNDAY WITH ENDURO RACES.   

 

THE HERON LAKE CITY COUNCIL MEETS AT 7:00 THIS EVENING AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING.   A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON A PROPOSED TREE ORDINANCE REVISION.   PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.   THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON WHETHER TO ADOPT THE NEW ORDINANCE. THE 2020 CITY AUDIT REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED.  THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THE ‘AMERICAN RESCUE ACT.’  DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD ON A POSSIBLE SAFETY POLICY FOR THE HERON LAKE LIQUOR STORE.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW BIDS FOR THE POSSIBLE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT.  THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW BIDS FOR A CONCRETE PROJECT.   

 

AN AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE WAS HELD LAST WEEK IN WINDOM.  THE DRIVE RESULTED IN 67 UNITS OF BLOOD BEING COLLECTED.  THERE WAS ONE INCOMPLETE DONATION AND 11 DEFERRALS.  TEN DONORS GAVE A DOUBLE DONATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS. THERE WERE TWO FIRST-TIME BLOOD DONORS IN JAY ELNESS AND EVEN MORTENSON.  KATHY HILEY AND GENE OLSON HAD THEIR NAMES DRAWN AND RECEIVED $25 GIFT CARDS FROM HY VEE.   THE WINDOM BLOOD DRIVES ARE ORGANIZED BY THE WINDOM WOMEN OF TODAY.  THE NEXT RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE IN WINDOM WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 13TH.  AT THIS TIME, APPOINTMENTS MUST STILL BE MADE IN ADVANCE.   

 

MT LAKE RESIDENTS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO COMPLETE A SURVEY ON THE POW-WOW CELEBRATION.  THIS IS OPEN TO ALL MT LAKE CITY RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE MT LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.  THE SURVEY MAY BE COMPLETED ONLINE.  GO TO www.surveymonkey.com/r/PowWowSurvey.  THE ONLINE SURVEY REQUIRES PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND THEIR AGE GROUP.  THE NEXT QUESTION IS “DO YOU WANT THE NAME OF “POW-WOW” CHANGED?  THERE IS A FINAL SECTION FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE COMMENTS OR EXPLAIN THEIR ANSWER.  A TASK FORCE HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THE USE OF THE NAME ‘POW-WOW.’  SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MT LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

 

THE FULDA CITY COUNCIL HELD A REGULAR MEETING THIS WEEK.  THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPING THE 2022 CITY BUDGET.  THE FALL CITY-WIDE CLEANUP PROGRAM WAS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST.  THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO MOVE THE DATE FOR THE REGULAR SEPTEMBER MEETING TO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH.   IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 5:00PM INSTEAD OF 6:30PM.  FOUR BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED.  IT WAS REPORTED THAT INTERVIEWS ARE BEING HELD TO HIRE A NEW POLICE OFFICER FOR A SHARED POSITION BETWEEN THE CITIES OF FULDA AND SLAYTON.