Mountain Lake Police Department reported 15 calls in the week of May 23rd to the 29th. On the 23rd officer assisted MN State Patrol with a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 60 and East 27 and also handled a Dog at large in the 400 block of Cottonwood Drive. On the 26th an officer took a report of a hit and run to a parked 2011 Silver Ford Edge, a 35-year-old female was cited for texting and driving, there were two reports taken for an animal bite and a Mt Lake Police Officer responded to a report of a possible burglary, with someone inside a home which was unfounded. On the 27th at approximately 2:45pm an officer assisted other agency with a wrong way driver heading east on Highway 60 near mile marker 44 officer was unable to locate, at approximately 6:30pm an officer mediated a civil property dispute and at 6:40pm an officer handled a verbal dispute and at 10:49 pm an officer checked on a suspicious vehicle that was cleared. On May 28th late in the afternoon an officer took a report of a missing party having mental health crisis. The party was located and safe. At approximately 7:20 pm a 39-year-old male driver was cited for driving after suspension at the intersection of 3rd Ave and 15th St in Mt Lake. On the 29th close to 1:40 am an officer talked to a party regarding domestic problems and a lost phone found at Lawcon Park was turned into the Police Station.
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Windom Police Department had two reports on June 1st. A hit run was reported in the 900 block of 4th Ave and at the intersection of Highway 60 and Dairy Queen a 2013 Chevy Traverse and a 2018 Jeep Renegade were both traveling south on Highway 60 when the Traverse rearended the Jeep. No injuries reported.
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Windom Area School District has announced there will be Defensive Driver Training Courses being offered at the Windom Middle School/High School Library on Monday June 6th. Two separate sessions will be offered a Four-hour course will be held from 1 PM – 5 PM or an Eight-hour course will begin at 1 PM and will continue after the 4 hour session. Participants will receive a certificate after attending all portions of the class they registered for. Persons that are 55 or older are eligible for an insurance discount upon completion. You can register online- or call Caitlyn Gilbertson for questions or to register at 507-831-6910 ext 320.
To register online use the following link: https://www.vancoevents.com/BFWM
or head to https://www.windom.k12.mn.us/page/community-ed
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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is holding a virtual public meeting June 9 at 6 p.m. to get views and feedback from the public about a proposal for a new, free-standing mental health hospital in Saint Paul.
M Health Fairview and Acadia Health Care have formed a partnership to finance and operate a new facility licensed for 144 inpatient beds. In part, the new hospital is intended to replace services provided at M Health Fairview St. Joseph’s Hospital, according to the proposal.
Minnesota State Law (MN Statutes, Section 144.552) requires MDH to conduct a review to assess whether the proposal is in the public interest. MDH will complete its public interest review this summer. The Minnesota Legislature has passed an exception to the current moratorium on new hospital beds in Minnesota that is contingent on a finding that the project is in the public interest.
The public meeting on June 9 is open to the public, and all are welcome to express their views on the proposed hospital. Details about how to join the public meeting are available on the MDH website at Public Meeting on Proposed Fairview Health Services and Acadia Healthcare Mental Health Hospital.
Guided by state law, MDH is particularly interested in feedback on the following points:
- Whether the new hospital is needed to provide timely access to care or access to new or improved services.
- The extent to which the new hospital would have financial and staffing impact on existing hospitals in the region.
- The extent to which the new hospital would provide services to nonpaying or low-income patients relative to the level of services provided to these groups by existing hospitals in the region.
- The ability of the new hospital to maintain the current level of community benefit as other M Health Fairview hospitals.
- The impact the proposal would have on the workforce of M Health Fairview hospitals including transitioning current workers to the new facility, retraining and employment security for current workers, and addressing the impact of layoffs at the existing facilities on affected workers.
Those interested in providing written comments can do so on the MDH website form at Comment on Proposed Fairview Health Services – Acadia Healthcare Mental Health Hospital or via email (health.pir@state.mn.us) by June 27.
Materials associated with the public interest review, including the initial proposal, questions MDH posed to Fairview Health System and Acadia and their responses are accessible online at MDH Public Interest Review – Fairview Health Services and Acadia Healthcare.
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Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday June 7th at 9am in the Cottonwood County Courthouse in Windom.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners and Drainage Authority will meet on Tuesday, June 7th at 9am in the Jackson County Resource Center Cafeteria.
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Buffalo Days in Luverne kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday the 5th! tonight Cruise-in for all vehicles including motorcycles, live rock and roll street dance featuring live music.. Saturday – Parade at 10 am, waffle feed, vendor event at Rock County Courthouse Square with entertainment, and food.. Cap off Saturday night with live music at Take 16 Brewing Co. Sunday features the annual Tales from the Graves…with re-enactors telling the stories former residents with pie
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I can’t help but tell you that Today, June 3rd is National Repeat Day! Now when my kids were little it drove me crazy having to repeat or hearing them repeat EVERYTHING two or three or maybe even more times… Now that I am older and miss my kiddos and everything about having kids in the house this day makes me chuckle… National Repeat Day yep I said and I’ll say it again… It’s National Repeat Day… So repeat the good things and ignore the bad stuff till tomorrow so you don’t have to repeat them!!!! ALSO, being in the Radio Business food is a main staple to our on-air staff… Not only do Policemen like them but Radio DJ’s LOVE THEM… Today is National Doughnut (Donut) Day!!! Each year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National Doughnut or Donut Day, celebrating the doughnut and honoring the Salvation Army Lassies. The Salvation Army Lassies are the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI. In 1917, the original “Salvation Army Doughnut” was first served by the ladies of the Salvation Army. It was during WWI that the Salvation Army Lassies went to the front lines of Europe. Home-cooked foods, provided by these brave volunteers, were a morale boost to the troops. The doughnuts were often cooked in oil inside the metal helmets of American soldiers. American infantrymen were then commonly called “doughboys.”
I’m Laura White and that’s your KDOM News
I’m Laura White and that’s your KDOM News…