Mountain Lake Police Department reported 7 calls in the week of March 25th to March 31st. An Officer investigated the report of a female screaming in the City Park but she was gone at the time of the officers arrival. Mt Lake Police assisted other agencies with two separate vehicle calls one was a driving complaint which they were unable to locate and the other was a vehicle off road in which a tow was called. An Officer assisted a party with a medical concern and conducted a welfare check in which the party was already in the hospital. Officer arrested a party on suspicion of DWI and an Officer took a report of a possible sex crime.
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Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported 70 calls in the week of March 25th to April 2nd. Deputies assisted other agencies and worked on a number of vehicle accidents. On the 26th, The Windom Fire Dept. and REA were dispatched to a power line pole on fire near Fortune Transportation. The incident caused a significant power outage in the area. Deputies assisted Jackson Ambulance with several Medical calls and conducted several welfare checks, and had dogs at large. Deputies handled several disturbances and responded to a domestic disturbance in Jackson. After investigating, a 62-year-old male was arrested for Domestic Assault. Deputies also assisted the Lakefield PD with an assault. For a FULL LISTING of all calls from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office click on link below.
Jackson County Sheriff Report 3-25 to 4-2
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The Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday. Bonnie Christianson, Extension Regional Director, Crystal Reith, 4-H Extension Educator, and Teresa Determan-Schwartz, Extension Office Manager, were present and gave an update on Extension and 4-H activities. Angela Larson, UCAP, presented how United Community Action could help Cottonwood County with utilizing the Statewide Affordable Housing Aid funds. The Board took no action at this meeting. The Commissioners adopted Resolution 24-04-02 Relating to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Clean Water Partnership; Authorizing the County to Borrow Money from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and to Lend Money to Eligible Participants and Eligible Lenders to Fund Projects for the Control and Abatement of Water Pollution.
The Board then approved
- The General Obligation Note for Cottonwood County SSTS Loan Project 2.0 in the amount of $1,500,000.
- The Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act Notice of Decision – Wetland Boundary/Type and Replacement Plan for Ulland Brothers, Inc
- The purchase of Optical Character Recognition Software and maintenance from West Central Indexing in the amount of $42,300 and pay the expense from the Recorder Technology Fund.
The Commissioners accepted:
- The low bid of $333,125.30 from R & E Enterprises of Mankato, Inc. for Projects 017-599-112 and 01-599-113.
- The low bid from Carr’s Tree Service in the amount of $5,000 to remove the co-dominant Cottonwood tree and haul all debris from tax forfeiture property 25.833.0010.
The commissioners then declared the week of April 14th to 20th as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The Board Chair will sign a Telecommunicators Proclamation to further recognize the Telecommunicators. Nine seasonal employees were approved for hire pending successful completion of all hiring requirements and the board agreed to enter into a lease agreement with BARC for the rental of office space for the Cottonwood County A.C.E. Director at $200 per month beginning April 1, 2024. The Board accepted the retirement resignation from Ricky Oeltjenbruns effective April 30th and approved to advertise for the position of Heavy Equipment Operator. Chairman Norm Holmen appointed himself, Commissioner Tom Appel and County Coordinator Kelly Thongvivong to the negotiation team for union contracts and Chairman Norm Holmen appointed himself, Commissioner Tom Appel, County Coordinator Kelly Thongvivong, and Human Resources Technician Kathy Marsh to a health insurance committee.
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A.C.E. Advocate Connect Educate of Southwest Minnesota will be holding their April Caregiver Support Group on April 30th at 1pm in the BARC Library. The Caregiver Support Group enables participants to exchange practical information on caregiving and possible solutions, talk through challenges and ways of coping, share feelings, needs and concerns and lean about community resources that are available. The Cottonwood County Office is located at 1012 5th Ave in Windom. If you would like more information or if you just need to contact the ACE office you can call 507-831-1803.
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Tonight at 6pm at the Windom State Theater there will be a free showing of “The Fall of Minneapolis” sponsored by Cottonwood County Farm Bureau. Following the showing there will be forum hosted by Liz Collin, an author, producer and award-winning reporter.
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