Mountain Lake Police Department reported 13 calls from February 3rd to February 9th. Officers handled a suspicious activity with dumpster divers, and an individual going door to door without credentials. Officers assisted drivers, the ambulance, and handled an accident involving a Hawk. For a full listing of all calls for the Mountain Lake Police Department click link below.
Mt Lake Police Department February 3rd-9th
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Congratulations to KDOM’s Valentine’s Day Winner. Shelia Kirk of Mountain Lake.
Shelia has won a steak and shrimp dinner for two at Jack Slades Steakhouse, Flowers, chocolate, and a candle from Shannon Lynn’s Floral and Boutique and matching t-shirts from KDOM! We absolutely loved reading all the comments what a fantastic way to go into Valentine’s Day this year! Thank you to everyone that participated. Our hearts are overflowing with joy!
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The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will be holding the 42nd Annual Farm & Home Show on Saturday February 22nd from 9am to 1:30pm at the JCC High School. Free rides to and from your cars are available courtesy of the Jackson County Fair Board. There will be multiple drawings including a $250 Cash Drawing plus over 70 Vendors. This is an excellent Show to attend with so much to see and do. There are educational forums throughout the show along with special guests and attractions. Lunch will be served by Smokin’ Java. If you are interested in having a booth it’s not too late, contact Jackson Area Chamber at 507-847-3867 or shoot them an e-mail at chamber@jacksonmn.com The Jackson Farm and Home Show, February 22nd, it’s a fun day you won’t want to miss.
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Yesterday late afternoon, Steve and I had the opportunity to tour the new addition to Windom Area Health. Let me tell you it is going to be an incredible addition to our community. We climbed to the top of the building and then made our way down floor by floor and got to see first hand all the fantastic changes and opportunities this is going to provide for the area. I feel like I can’t do justice in just one story so I will be taking you all on a tour of the new facility in the next few days. We will go floor by floor. I’m very excited to lay it all out for you. I will have a couple pictures posted on our website and Facebook page just to give you an idea of what we got to witness!
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has announced the eight winners in the 5th Annual Name a Snowplow contest. There were nearly 23,500 voters casting a ballot in this year’s contest. Winning Names in order of vote totals and their future homes are:
- We’re Off To See The Blizzard – District 8 (Southwest Minnesota)
- Snowtorious B.I.G. – District 4 (West Central Minnesota)
- Plowabunga! – District 6 (Southeast Minnesota)
- Anthony Sledwards – Metro District (Twin Cities)
- You’re Welcome – District 2 (Northwest Minnesota)
- Don’tcha Snow – District 3 (Central Minnesota)
- Skol Plow – District 1 (Northeast Minnesota)
- I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered – District 7 (South Central Minnesota)
If you would like to see the order of all 50 finalist and where they faired you can find the information on MnDOT’s Name a Snowplow website. The 2024-25 Contest had more than 7,300 submissions with a lot of the names being submitted multiple times by multiple people. Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger said, “Each season we have so much fun selecting new and creative snowplow names, but this contest is also a great way to highlight the hard work of our snowplow drivers and keep them safe,” she went onto say, “Please slow down and give our snowplow drivers plenty of space to clear roads safely every time it snows.” Statewide, MnDOT now has 44 named snowplows, including Plowy McPlowFace, Betty Whiteout, and Taylor Drift. In addition to the 40 named snowplows selected through the annual Name a Snowplow contests, MnDOT staff have also helped to name four additional snowplows statewide in acknowledgement of highways the state plows adjacent to tribal lands.