The Business, Arts and Recreation Center- BARC, located at 1012 5th Avenue in downtown Windom will host its Annual Community Block Party, Annual Meeting and Silent Auction Tonight! Come join the Picnic from 5-7pm with Burgers and Brats, chips, baked beans, beverage and cookie all for a free-will donation. The Annual meeting will begin approximately at 7:05. Silent Auction will be accepting bids until 8pm tonight, at the end of the Annual meeting. Winners not present will be notified by phone starting on Tuesday. BARC’s Mission is to develop and sustain a positive environment for arts, education, recreation and business. BARC offers a gathering space for activities and events in the Windom area and the southwest region of Minnesota. For more information contact the BARC Office at 507-831-2375 or email at barc.ed@windomnet.com The air-conditioned BARC Library will be open for dining indoors.
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Let the summer fun begin at Cottonwood Lake. Kayaks are back and ready for the publics use according to Windom Parks and Recreation Director, Tim Hogan. Using the kayaks is a pretty easy process according to Hogan, if you have your smart phone there is a QR Code that you can scan at the cages of the kayaks, this will take you to an information and waiver page. Once you have agreed to the terms of use you will be given a code to unlock the cage and remove your kayak. Hogan went onto say that the kayaks were funded by the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Windom Area Chamber. Hogan pointed out that last summer was the first year for this fun free opportunity for everyone to use, unfortunately towards the end of the season all the kayaks sustained irreplaceable damage due to people not respecting the equipment. It took all the funding for this project to replace kayaks this summer and he is hoping people will show a little more respect. This will be the last year for this opportunity if the kayaks are damaged again. There isn’t an age limit per say, but there are weight restrictions. There are 3 adult kayaks available and one youth kayak available to be checked out. They are available on a first come first serve availability and participants are asked to limit their adventures on the water to 45minutes to an hour so more people have an opportunity get out on the water. Life jackets are a requirement, and all children should have adult supervision. Lifeguards are not available at Cottonwood Lake. The kayaks are to remain at Tegels Park and not moved to use on other bodies of water. Hogan did say if anyone sees or finds the kayaks damaged or in other locations, to please call him at 507-822-0514 or the City of Windom at 831-6129.
Hogan added that if anyone would like further information on the use of the kayaks, they can go to the Windom Area Chamber of Commerce’s website and read up on the project as a whole and you can also check out kayaks by accesses the website.
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Jackson County Sheriff Department reported on the 13th at 6:24 PM Jackson County Deputies, the Lakefield Ambulance, the Lakefield Fire Department , and the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office assisted the MN State Patrol with an accident with injuries on MN 86 near the intersection of CR 4. Crews were on scene for about 4.5 hours.
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Mt Lake City Council will be meeting Monday, July 18th at 6:30 pm at the Mt Lake City Hall.
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Murray County Board of Commissioners will have their meeting on Tuesday July 19th at 8:30am in the Murray County Government Center. You may call in to listen or a zoom link is available by going to the Murray County Home Page.
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Jackson County BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS and the DRAINAGE AUTHORITY will meet Tuesday, July 19th at 8:30 A.M. in the Jackson County Courthouse, Commissioners Board Room located at 405 Fourth Street.
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Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners will be meeting Tuesday July 19th at 9am in the Cottonwood County Courthouse in Windom. After all regular meeting agenda items are discussed the meeting will be closed to discuss strategy for labor negotiations.
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Mt Lake Chamber of Commerce will be meeting Tuesday July 19th at Noon in Mt Lake City Hall.
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The Red Rock Central School District Board of Education will be meeting Tuesday, July 19th at 5pm in Lamberton.
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Windom City Council will be meeting Tuesday July 19th at 6:30pm in City Council Chambers.
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The Windom City Council recently took a tour of some of the city owned facilities in our community. KDOM sat down with Council person Jenny Quade and discussed her thoughts on the facilities they toured. Each day at this time we will be featuring stops along the tour. Today we learn about The Emergency Services Facility.