October 12th Windom Area Schools will host a walk or bike to school event for the Elementary School. Students can meet at St Francis Xavier Church. The first group will leave at 7:30am and the second group will leave at 7:40am. The Volleyball team will escort the participants to the school. If students aren’t able to bike to school, they can walk laps on the playground at school once they arrive. The cross-country team will be the positive role models for this group. All participants will get stickers
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Next week October 15th is the deadline to submit your photograph that represents Mountain Lake for the Mt Lake Chamber of Commerce “Love Where You Live” Photo Contest for the 2023 Community Calendar. Picture must be in landscape form not portrait. Submissions should be e-mailed to tgarloff@mountainlakemn.com or you can submit to the Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce Facebook Page. By submitting your photo, you are authorizing the Mt Lake Chamber to use your photo and for reproduction. Photos will be used for the Chamber 2023 Community Calendar. Get out and enjoy Mountain Lake and capture that perfect picture YOU could be a winner. For further information you can call the Mountain Lake Chamber at 507-427-2999 ext. 3 or 4.
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Red Rock Central School District Board of Education will have a Special Board Meeting TONIGHT at 5pm in the Superintendent’s Office located in the Red Rock Central Public School, Lamberton. Agenda will be to Approve or Reject Project Bids. You may also take part in this meeting through Google Meet or by calling in. You can find further information on the Red Rock Central School District Home Page.
Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/moo-mfmj-rcs Or dial: (US) +1 575-414-0610 PIN: 489 213 623#
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Applications are now open for United Community Action Partnership’s Energy Assistance Program. Renters and homeowners are encouraged to apply for the Energy Assistance program which helps eligible applicants pay a portion of home energy and heating costs. Households with young children, people with disabilities, veterans or seniors are especially encouraged to apply.
The Energy Assistance Program serves households that earn less than 50 percent of the state’s median annual income (Example: $49,698 for a family of four). It helps low-income homeowners and renters with heating bills through grant money paid directly to their utility companies or heating fuel vendors. Crisis funding is available for those who are approved for energy assistance and facing a disconnection. Additional crisis funding is also available to renters and homeowners with past due water and sewer bills through our Water Assistance Program. Applications are accepted up to May 31, 2023. Funding is limited and administered on a first-come, first-served basis. To get an application visit UCAP’s website at www.unitedcapmn.org or call us at 320.235.0850
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Windom Police Officer responded to the 1300 Block of 7th Ave on the 3rd at approximately 5pm to take a report of damage to property. Upon investigation, the officer noticed damage to the reporting parties’ garage which is placed in the alleyway between 6th and 7th Ave. The victim stated that someone had ran into his garage. The reporting party relayed that he had left for work around 6:15 am on the 3rd but had driven the other way in the alley and didn’t notice any damage at that time. He noticed the damage at approximately 12:30pm on that same day when he drove by. Photographs were taken and it appeared that a truck had backed into the garage and possibly has driver side rear bumper damage to their vehicle. This matter is pending additional investigation.
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Jackson County Sheriffs Office on the 3rd at approximately 4pm responded to a report of a broken-down car and a suspicious person wandering around in a farmyard nearby. The initial report was that the male was acting erratically. It was also reported that he was digging in the gravel road and stated he couldn’t find what he was looking for. A later update reported he was now laying in the ditch. After investigating, a 48-year-old male from Farmington, Utah was arrested for DUI.
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The Mt Lake City Council met on Monday the Council approved the Good Samaritans request for a Raffle and the Alliance Church request for Street Closure. There were no public comments and the Financial Quarterly Review The 2022 Q3 Revenues and Expenses were reviewed. The Council moved and approved to have a public hearing, to change the EDA Resolution 7- 89, removing the authority of hiring and firing of the EDA, and transferring the authority back to City Council. City Administrator, Michael Mueller discussed with the Council becoming a Mt Lake Chamber Member to show the City’s support and ordering a light pole banner.
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