Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported on the 21st at 2:03 am deputies assisted the Jackson Ambulance with a medical call. Late afternoon deputies responded to a landlord/tenant issue. At 7:50 dispatch transferred a 911 report to the MN State Patrol of a car vs deer crash on MN 60 near Heron Lake. A report of an abandoned bicycle was dealt with in Jackson.
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The Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners met on the 21st. The Board approved the Wetlan Conservation Act-Boundary and Type application for both the Crosswind Runway and Iverson Property. The Commissioners also moved to purchase seven Taser 10’s from Axon Enterprise in the amount of $33,788.20, 23 poll pads from KNOWiNK, LLC in the amount of $51,580 and purchase of permitting software from Cloudpermit in the amount of $10,100 as it has more programs available than Cleargov. The Emergency Operation Plan was adopted as updated and the Commissioners approved resolution 23-11-21A regarding the approval of proceeding with an EAW on the Minnesota Paving and Materials project.
In the Ditch Authority Meeting Commissioners set the preliminary hearing date for Lateral to County Ditch 38 as Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Room. And also set the hearing date for the County Ditch 21 repair as Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 2:15 p.m. in the Commissioners Room.
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SANTA IS ON HIS WAY to Windom!!! According to reports from the Windom Chamber of Commerce and the CVB, the Windom Fire Department will be escorting Santa to the Cottonwood County Courthouse on Saturday November 25th! Santa will be arriving in a Fire Truck at 10am. Santa plans to stay at the Courthouse Tree from 10am to Noon. Get your lists ready and be sure to check it twice!! Saturday Santa is coming to town!!!
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Tonight is the Lighting of Mt Lake Heritage Village located at 1803 Mountain Lake Road in Mountain Lake from 5-7pm. This Holiday Destination is a must see.
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Well even though Turkey time may be over, I hope that you had time to relax and enjoy food and family! We had our grandsons Henry and James here and I have to tell you THERE IS NOTHING BETTER then children in the house. I have loved every phase of my kids lives. I treasure each moment that we are blessed to spend time with our grandkids. Personally, they may even be better than my guys. I do miss the days of my guys being small and full of wonder and maybe a little fear… I have to tell you about 30ish years ago we were preparing for Thanksgiving Dinner, we just got the turkey stuffed and slid him in the oven. Steve and I were just chatting about how this probably was one of the biggest birds we had ever cooked but we probably would have leftovers even with feeding the masses. It was then we noticed our boy Drew crying in the corner of the kitchen. Upon investigation…. He thought we said we put BIG BIRD in the oven. He was so distraught and upset, Sesame Street would never be the same… How could we cook Big Bird? Yes, over 30 years later we still laugh about this and there is a part of me that thinks, this is what led our Drew to become a Doctor of Psychology. Most kids, I suppose have different opportunities to pick a career whereas our kids survived their upbringing and in our opinion turned out remarkable. So now that Turkey time is over and the Christmas Season is OFFICIALLY on!!! Countdown to Christmas is EVERYWHERE. I’m not much of a Black Friday gal BUT I AM a Big Supporter of Small Business Saturday! SHOP LOCAL and check out businesses in your town!
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