In a deal that was supposed to be finalized Friday, a new hearing has been set to approve the sale of the Hylife Foods Windom facility, its real estate, furniture, fixtures, and equipment to Premium Iowa Pork LLC as both companies are still completing the final paperwork. The rescheduled court hearing to approve the sale is Friday, June 9th at 10am. Premium Iowa Pork LLC doesn’t intend to keep current employees at Hylife Foods in Windom, but Hylife is working with the Minnesota Dislocated Worker program and will have a rapid response team to offer career counseling, resources, and job search help to those effected by the sale.
The City of Windom has started mosquito fogging to try and control the excessive amount of mosquitoes in-town. The City of Windom will mostly fog for mosquitoes on Thursday nights with a potential of Tuesdays if conditions call for it or because of the weather.
Jon Ketzenberg with the Windom Streets and Parks Department says while Biomist, the chemical they use for mosquito fogging is effective in helping to control mosquitoes and other insects, there are a few major downsides to using the chemical. First, the chemical is very toxic to aquatic organisms, including fish and invertebrates and highly toxic to bees whether through direct contact or on blooming crops or weeds. And second, Biomist is expensive, costing $5,101 per 55-gallon drum which Katzenberg says the city can get about 3 foggings done per drum.
Ketzenberg also recommends that people and pets, especially children, be indoors while the city is mosquito fogging because the chemical is just as dangerous to humans and pets as it is to aquatic life and bees.
The City of Windom will fog for mosquitoes every Thursday in June unless the wind is more than 15 mph, it’s raining or misting, or if the air temperature is below 50 degrees at night.
Windom’s Riverfest is this weekend, June 9th through the 11th. Monday officially kicked off the annual Riverfest celebration with the WindomNet Medallion Hunt, a community cookout and live music, and the Windom Women of Today Miss Riverfest Pageant. Riverfest events continue Friday night with food and beverage venders starting at 6pm, the Jeremy DeWall Band at 7pm, and HAIRBALL at 9pm. An entire day of activities continues Saturday including the Game & Fish youth fishing contest, Men’s softball tournament, Foods trucks, turtle races, the Riverfest parade, and fireworks. Sunday is the last day of Riverfest beginning with the Karz-N-Trux car show, kid fun zone, craft & vender fair, and the Lucky Duck raffle. You can find a full list of events below.
As a reminder, coming up on Wednesday June 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, visit windom-mn.com
Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office reported 66 calls in the week of May 29th to June 4th. Deputies conducted 10 Civil Processes, had 6 Directed Patrols, 4 Concerns for Welfare, and 22 traffic stops. Cottonwood County Sherriff Weekly Citizen Report
On June 6th, 2023, the Windom Police Department received a report of a vehicle theft. A 2021 Jeep Gladiator was taken on June 4th, 2023, at approximately 1:40am at 28 10th street. According to the report, the keys were left in the vehicle. The 2021 Jeep Gladiator was found and recovered at Bingham Lake on June 6th, 2023. Some missing items from the vehicle were found at Tegels Park and other items missing are still missing. Found in the garbage cans at Tegels Park was a 10th generation iPad Pro. Items still missing are a purse and $1,800 in cash, one pair of Gucci sunglasses, one pair of Oakley sunglasses, a 10th generation pink Apple iPad Air, a gray Apple iPad, two other tablets, and custom parts from the vehicle. This incident is still under investigation. As more information is released, we’ll update this story on KDOM and windomradio.com.