Windom Police Department reported on March 17th Officers handled an accident in front of the Windom Liquor Store. A 2010 Ford Fusion and a 2016 Ford Explorer collided. Minor Damage to both vehicles with no injuries to the drivers were reported.
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Windom Area School Board will hold a special meeting Today at 4pm at the Windom Area High School Media Center. The Second Round of interviews are planned for two candidates.
- Jamie Frank, PreK-5th grade Principal with the Windom Area Schools
- Darrin Strosahl, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Operating Officer at the Northwest Technical College in Bemidji
All interviews are open to the public. The School Board will start form a contract for the selected candidate with the negotiations complete and ready for approval for the March 28th Work Session.
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Red Rock Central School District Board of Education will be meeting on Monday, March 21st at 5pm in Lamberton.
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Mountain Lake City Council will hold their regular meeting on Monday, March 21st at 6:30pm in the Mt Lake City Hall.
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Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday March 22nd at 10am in the Cottonwood County Courthouse in Windom. Agenda includes discussion on Redistricting of Commissioner Districts in the County and Wage Matrix.
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Murray County Board of Commissioners will have their meeting on Tuesday March 22nd at 8:30am in the Murray County Government Center. Calling in to listen or a zoom link is available by going to the Murray County Home Page.
How often does a team from Windom get to compete in the World Championships? For the Windom Area High School Robotics Team named Pineapple Posse it happens MAY 3rd through the 8th in Dallas Texas. The Pineapple Posse is made up of Carter Allen, Ethan Brockman and the only senior on the team Dylan Serreyn. This is the 10th Season for Windom Robotics. Coach Jill DeFreis is in her 3rd year and they have had qualifiers each year but her first year the competition was cancelled due to CoVid and last year it was done virtually so according to DeFries, this is super special and exciting that the team gets to go to Dallas where there will be 800 teams from around the world.
Windom Area Schools have 5 Robotics teams, three high school teams and two middle school teams. The Middle School Teams will be headed to Council Bluffs Iowa at the end of March to compete in the “CREATE US OPEN” there will be 97 teams from the US and different parts of the world.
Good luck to the Pineapple Posse as they compete to bring home the world championship.
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So many things to celebrate and acknowledge on today, March 21st. Yes it is the day AFTER the First Day of Spring but did you know that today is World Down Syndrome Day? Today gives people with Down Syndrome and their advocates a voice and an opportunity to be heard. It’s a day where we assemble and organize activities to promote public awareness for the genetic disorder. The goal is to educate others on the importance of supporting our friends and family who have directly and indirectly experienced life with Down syndrome.
Also, to date myself… Did you know that it was March 21st, 1980 when people of my age were glued to our TV’s watching the series Dallas when the worst case scenario of all times happened… JR got shot!!!! It was a thrilling yet unbelievable time in my life to find out WHO SHOT JR… I am also in honor of National Count Down Day today am counting down the days to when we can officially say there will be no more snow and the sun is going to shine and the flowers are going to bloom…