Meetings today include:
- Windom Area Health Governing Board of Directors at 5:30pm in the Large Conference Room at the Hospital.
- Windom City Council will be holding a special meeting at 6:30pm at the Windom Community Center Agenda items are: 2024 Proposed Budget and Capitol Improvement Projects.
- The Windom Area School Board will meet in the Windom City Council Chambers at 6:30pm. You can also view the meeting Live at Media SB22 on YouTube.
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If you are one of the 800,000 Minnesotans that have federal student loan debt and have payments resuming this month after the three-year covid pause, don’t know how you are going to make the payments, Lutheran Social Services (LSS) Financial Counseling is offering free guidance to help student loan borrowers understand their repayment options, what to do if they can’t afford payments and how to get back in good standing with loans if they are in default. An important first step is to confirm their loan servicer. With many changes over the past three years, student loan borrowers may have a new loan servicer and not realize it. There is also a new Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan option for federal student loans that determines payments based on family size and income, which may help struggling student loan borrowers lower monthly payments. LSS Financial Counseling Services are confidential and available at no cost. Cal 888-577-2227 or visit www.lssmn.org/studentloans to get started.
Together with state and private loans, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education’s latest information reports that the median loan for student loan borrowers is nearly $24,000.
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Windom Area Health reminds the public that as of October 16th a portion of the Be Well Path will be closed due to the work being done on the hill. The path will be closed from approximately the bottom of the Rehab Hill to the top corner by the back parking lot. This portion of the path will remain closed until the retaining wall is finished.
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Old man winter is gearing up to blowinto our area in a few weeks and Windom Schools are encouraging family’s with school aged children to log into their Skyward account and make sure contact information is up-to-date. If inclement weather makes it unsafe for students and staff to travel to school, parents will receive a message using an app called Thrillshare. Thrillshare speaks with Skyward to gain phone numbers and e-mail addresses. KDOM will be ready to read school and business closers as they are called in. Windom Schools will also broadcast on local TV stations and will have a recorded message in the schools phone system at 831-6910. Closings will also be posted on Windom Schools Facebook page and Twitter Handle. There are three types of days that may be called due to inclement weather and they are:
- an E-Learning Day where students are required to do schooling from home. Elementary students will have work in their take-home folders to complete and Middle & High School Students will log into Schoology for their classes. All teachers will be available by phone and e-mail on E-Learning Days.
- Good Old Fashion Snow Day- NO SCHOOL for Students
- Virtual Professional Development Day for Staff which is NO SCHOOL for Students.
So get out your boots and coats and get ready because old man winter is raising his hand to knock on our doors!!!
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The Windom City Council met on Tuesday the 17th. The Council discussed MNDOT Local Road Improvement Project and applying for a 1.5 million dollar grant for funding for the section of road from Highway 60 at the stoplights by HyVee on 10th Street down River Road where it intersects with County Road 13. According to Councilwoman Jenny Quade, the total cost of the project is estimated at about 5.6 million. This grant discussion was tabled and will be sent for more discussion with the Street Committee in conjunction with the utility departments. Quade went onto say, It’s great to look for possible funding grants but it is also a very expensive project and if we got the grant, then this may be the only project for the year that the City could afford. Other mill and overlay of other potential street projects would have to be put off for future years.
The Council then was informed that the State of MN PFA -wastewater treatment plant $2 milllion grant will potentially be paid out by the State as early as November. This is the money that was granted due to Hy-Life closing to help cover their debit to the City.
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