As a reminder, coming up tomorrow, Wednesday December 7th, is the monthly test of the Emergency Warning Siren System. The City of Windom has an outdoor warning system, and it is tested the first Wednesday of each month. If you would like to learn more about this, go to www.windommn.com
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Windom Police Department reported on the 4th at 6pm Officers handled an Order of Protection Violation where a 44 year old male from Windom was arrested this is pending review of the County Attorneys Office. At approximately 7pm officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of 2nd Ave for a female juvenile destroying and breaking property inside the house and being threatening. After investigation the 16 year old female juvenile was transported to a juvenile detention center in Jordan MN. The matter after being reviewed by the County Attorney’s Office has charges pending for Criminal Damage to Property and Threats of Violence.
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Windom City Council will be meeting Tonight at 6:30pm at Windom City Hall in the Council Chambers. One Agenda item will include a presentation of the 2023 Budget with time for Public Input.
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Mt Lake City Council will be meeting tonight at 6:30 at Mt Lake City Hall. The Truth in Taxation Public Budget Meeting will be the first item on the agenda.
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Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting Wednesday December 7th at 3:45pm in the Cottonwood County Courthouse in Windom. The meeting will start in closed session pursuant to Minnesota Statute 13D.05 for preliminary consideration of discipline of an employee and based upon attorney-client privilege. Regular business will begin at 4:05pm then at 5:30 the meeting will be closed to discuss strategy for labor negotiations and reconvene at 6pm for the public Truth in Taxation meeting.
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A local teenager will experience firsthand the pride of being an American by winning a free trip to Washington, D.C. June 13-18, 2023. Federated Rural Electric, Jackson, will select the winner of this trip through its annual Youth Tour Contest.
High school freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, attending a high school in Federated’s service area can enter. Pick up an application from the school counselor or contact Federated (info@federatedrea.coop or call 1-800-321-3520). The application and information are also found on Federated’s website www.federatedrea.coop . The student writes a 300-word essay on an energy-related topic, which is due with the application by February 3. The first 15 students to enter receive $20 gift certificates to Amazon.com.
Five finalists are selected for short interviews March 20, starting at 4 p.m. The combined scores from the essay, interview and application determine the trip winner, along with second and third place who receive $150 and $100, respectively.
“Last year only four local students entered the contest so your odds of winning are great,” stated Andrea Christoffer, Federated Marketing & Communications Manager, “Investing an hour or two in writing an essay and doing the short application could mean winning a free trip to D.C.!”
The winner will travel with 40 other Minnesota teens sponsored by other rural electric co-ops. Federated’s delegate is one of 1,000 delegates nationally. Here’s a few possible tour highlights:
Youth Tour Contest
- Tour the monuments: Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean Veterans Memorial, Iwo Jima Statue, World War II Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, Air Force Memorial and Arlington Cemetery
- Tour historic sights: Smithsonian Museums, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Newseum, 9/11 Memorial, National Cathedral and Mount Vernon.
- Attend special events: theater performance and all-states dinner and dance.
- Interact with 1,000 teenagers from across the U.S. sponsored by rural electric co-ops; meet with your Members of Congress and make new friends.
- Go places; interview to be the Minnesota representative on the Youth Leadership Council. If selected, you will travel to D.C. again for 2023 Youth Leadership Council in July and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio, February 29-March 6, 2024.
Federated is a Touchstone Energy cooperative serving 6,800 members in Jackson and Martin Counties. Sponsoring this trip demonstrates that Federated is committed to their local communities and its youth.
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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will add irritable bowel syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder to the list of qualifying medical conditions for participation in Minnesota’s medical cannabis program. Under state law, the new qualifying conditions will take effect Aug. 1, 2023.
According to Minnesota Commissioner of Health Jan Malcolm, “they are adding the new qualifying conditions to allow patients more therapy options for conditions that can be debilitating.”
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort, and irregular bowel movements that can result in diarrhea, constipation, both diarrhea and constipation, or bloating. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by recurring, intrusive thoughts that often cause significant emotional distress and anxiety. This can lead to behaviors that the affected person feels compelled to perform to reduce that distress. Research has shown that people who suffer from these conditions can see benefits from using medical cannabis to treat their symptoms.
As in past years, MDH conducted a formal petition process to solicit public input on potential qualifying medical conditions and delivery methods for medical cannabis. Minnesotans submitted petitions in June and July. Following that, the process moved into a public comment period and a review panel.
No petitions for new delivery methods were submitted this year. Petitions for gastroparesis and opioid use disorder were not approved. Gastroparesis, or delayed gastric emptying, was not approved as a qualifying medical because research indicates that cannabis can make the condition worse. As for opioid use disorder, MDH heard from medical and mental health providers who recommended against approving opioid use disorder as a qualifying medical condition due to lack of evidence for its effectiveness and the availability of FDA-approved medications for treatment.
Under state rules, patients certified for new qualifying medical conditions will become eligible to enroll in the state’s medical cannabis program on July 1, 2023, and receive medical cannabis from either of the state’s two medical cannabis manufacturers starting Aug. 1, 2023. As with other qualifying conditions, patients need advance certification from a participating Minnesota health care provider. More information is available at How to Become a Medical Cannabis Patient.
When the Minnesota Legislature authorized the creation of the state’s medical cannabis program, the law included nine conditions that qualified a patient to receive medical cannabis. With the new additions, the list of qualifying conditions will be 19. Under state rules, the commissioner of health each year considers whether to add qualifying conditions and delivery methods.
For a list of qualifying medical conditions, go to Medical Cannabis Qualifying Medical Conditions.
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