Holy Buckets!! What an incredible time we had with the Fall Radio Auction Yesterday afternoon! Nearly $30,000 worth of merchandise was bid and bought all within a 3-hour period of time! Thank you to all of our Participating Businesses and to all our callers! If you were a lucky winner of savings and merchandise, you can pick up your treasures after 8am at the Station! Please be sure to have your bidding number ready to give! We Love Cash, accept Checks and you have the option to use your debit or credit card but please know there is an additional 3.95% fee when paying with a card for your merchandise. The Fall Radio Auction is on the books. If you missed out don’t worry…. We will have Daily Deals posted soon! Don’t you just love this saving time of the year!
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Mountain Lake Police Department reported 32 calls in the week of October 5th to October 11th. Among the more notable calls, officers responded to a 911 hang-up call in which someone was heard asking for help, with screaming in the background. When officers arrived, a 21-year-old Jackson woman fled on foot. She was eventually arrested and held for court on charges of obstruction, fleeing on foot, and fourth-degree assault on a peace officer. In another incident, officers located a 47-year-old Mountain Lake man with an active warrant. He was arrested and transported to the Cottonwood County Jail. Officers also investigated a report of stolen mail, responded to a noise complaint that resulted in a citation, and assisted the Minnesota State Patrol with reports of wrong-way drivers. Other calls included a suspicious person near the golf course and lake, a homemade spear found in a field, civil disputes, and several requests for assistance from the Mountain Lake Ambulance Service. Officers also received reports of suspected child abuse and sexual assault. Both cases remain under investigation. A full listing of all calls in the Mountain Lake Police Department Weekly Report is available by clicking the link below.
Mountain Lake Police Department October 5th to October 11th
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The Windom Police Department responded to several incidents including property damage, threats, and traffic violations. On the 9th, at approximately 2:26 p.m., a Waste Management garbage truck backed into a City of Windom electrical box on Drake Avenue, near 10th Street. At approximately 10:48 p.m. on the 10th, police investigated a report of threats involving a woman in the 1400 block of 17th Street. Following the investigation, charges were pending against a 31-year-old Walnut Grove man for terroristic threats and three women for disorderly conduct. Sunday morning at approximately 4:07 a.m., an officer stopped a vehicle on Highway 60 near 7th Street after observing it traveling 49 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. Following the stop, an 18-year-old Hopkins man was cited for cannabis possession, use, or transport, and a 19-year-old Minneapolis man was cited for speeding.
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Mountain Lake Public School Superintendent Brandon Henning was a guest on KDOM’s Kaleidoscope this past week, where he discussed a proposed change to Minnesota’s Permanent School Fund that voters will see on the November ballot. Henning explained that the fund has been around since Minnesota became a state in 1858. Money generated from state-owned land, timber, and mineral resources helps support public schools throughout Minnesota. Currently, Mountain Lake Public Schools receives approximately $30,000 a year from the Permanent School Fund. The proposed change would increase the distribution rate from two-and-a-half percent to four-and-a-half percent, providing additional funding for schools across the state. Henning explained what that increase could mean for Mountain Lake and addressed a question many taxpayers may have.
Brandon Henning Sound Bite: “So what they’re proposing is to increase that to four and a half percent because of the cost of things and how really the school funding hasn’t kept up with inflation at all. It’s just got, the gap’s gotten bigger and bigger and bigger.So they’re proposing to increase that to four and a half percent, which will give us like an extra fourteen, fifteen thousand a year.And now other schools will benefit as well. I think a big question of that is always, this sounds like more money means more taxes, and the state wants to assure everybody, no, that will not make any tax impact at all. Not a state tax, a local tax, county tax, whatever, homestead, nothing. There’s no tax increase that’ll come from doing this. The fund exists, and they’re just going to pull more money out of it to give to schools.”
Henning also addressed concerns about the long-term sustainability of the fund, saying an analysis showed investment returns averaging more than eight-and-a-half percent, which would allow the fund to continue growing even with the proposed increase in distributions. Because changes to the Permanent School Fund require voter approval, the proposal will appear on ballots statewide in the November 3rd General Election. Henning encouraged voters to become familiar with the proposal and understand what it could mean for Minnesota schools.