Windom Police Department reported on August 31st at approximately 11pm an officer while at Speedway spoke with a male that had the smell of an alcoholic beverage. The male was parked at the gas pumps at Speedway and denied any drinking. After investigation and performing the Standardized Field Sobriety testing, the 31-year-old male from Windom was arrested for suspicion of DWI pending BCA urine test results. On September 1st at 11:40pm, officers performed a Concern for Welfare Check on 17th Street. A 32-year-old Windom Female was charged with: Drugs-Storing Meth Waste Products in the Presence of a Child or Vulnerable Adult. Between the dates of September 1st and September 2nd with the City of Windom a female from Windom knowingly engaged in storing chemical substances in the presence of a child; in the residence of a child, where a child or vulnerable adult might reasonably be expected to be present; in a room offered to the public in a multiple unit residential building; a Felony Endanger Child-Permit Present/Sale/Possess Controlled Substance
Also between September 1st and September 2nd, in Windom, a Windom female, who was parent or legal guardian, did wrongfully and unlawfully endanger a child’s person or health by knowingly causing or permitting the child to be present where a person is selling or possessing a controlled substance, a Gross Misdemeanor. This remains under investigation.
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Meetings today:
- The Economic Development Authority of Windom at Noon in the Windom City Council Chambers.
- Fulda City Council at 5pm.
- The Windom Area School Board of Education at 6:30pm in the Windom City Council Chambers. The meeting can be viewed live at Media SB22 on YouTube.
- Jeffers City Council at 7:00 pm at City Hall.
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KDOM will be holding a Community Forum to introduce the candidates running for Mayor this November. Incumbent Mayor Dominic Jones along with Windom Councilwoman Jenny Quade and Windom Citizen/Business Owner Hilary Mathies have agreed to sit down with us to discuss their platform and reasons they are running for the position of Mayor. We would like the Community to be involved in asking the questions they want answered. If you have a question for the three Mayor candidates we will be taking them until September 30th. You can e-mail your questions to laura@windomradio.com or call them in to 507-831-3908 or mail them to KDOM Radio- Attn: Laura at 1450 N HWY 60/71, Windom MN 56101. The Debate will be held early October.
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The Windom Public Library Preschool Storytime will be held tomorrow Tuesday September 10th at 10:30am. The theme for the week will be parents and school.
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The 19th Annual Heroes Behind Badges Blood Drive with the Community Blood Bank of SD, MN and IA will be held on Monday September 23rd at Windom Area Health from 9am to 4pm. Come support your team of choice between “Windom Police Department, Windom Ambulance Service or Windom Fire and Rescue.” Who is going to have the largest numbers and win this year? It’s up to you to help our Heroes behind the Badges. You can set up your time to donate at www.signupgenius.com/go/wahsep23#/ BE a HERO and DONATE and choose your team to win! Monday September 23rd at Windom Area Health
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Windom City Council Meeting Tuesday September 3rd. The Council approved the Resolution accepting the grant funding for the Concrete Pavement Repairs at the airport with accepting the quote to contract Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, this is 90% federal funds, 5% state funds and 5% city funds. According to Councilwoman Jenny Quade, the Council discussed and approved extraordinary hours for Supervisory Personnel. Quade explained this was due to extreme hours that salaried supervisors put in during the flood emergency declaration. Other hourly employees received time and a half while working extra hours, but supervisors do not have that ability. The personnel committee recommended to the Council to pay at a rate of 75% to those supervisors that had above and beyond hours during that declaration in extra vacation hours. Their cap on using the vacation time will be extended until the end of 2025. Quade stated that the Council appreciates all the hard work and extra that all staff gave during this time of emergency. The Council then updated the City of Windom / Cottonwood County Mutual Aid Agreement which needs to be in place for FEMA reimbursements. The letter that MnDOT sent on the Stop Light Funding was discussed. A copy of the letter is posted on our website under Local Headline News, on KDOM’s Facebook Page and other Social Media Posts. Quade expressed the frustration of the Council and then they motioned to draft a letter expressing the Council’s views and concerns as well as getting other legislators involved at this point.
On a personal note…. We all know the tragic accident that happened at the end of town in the undeniably silly one lanes that totally shut down traffic that had to be re-routed. Just my opinion, but I can’t help but think that MnDOT is playing with fire and using Windom as pawns in their disgruntled fashion because we as a community did not want the same dangerous and outlandish one lane traffic at the other end of town to take place so that people could and I quote from the meeting that I attended, “take walks on the Highway”. It is just incomprehensible to me why MnDOT wants to destroy the traffic flow in Windom and put our citizens in jeopardy by making it more dangerous and inaccessible.
