Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office reported 62 calls in the week of September 3rd through the 9th. Deputies served 7 Civil Processes, had 3 Driving Complaints, , responded to 3 concerns for welfare, did 6 predatory Offender Checks, and conducted 14 traffic stops. A full listing of all calls in the Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Citizens Report is available by clicking the link below.
Weekly Citizen Report 9-3-23 to 9-9-23
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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported that Maxine Garber an 84 year old woman that had been missing for the past nearly two full days was found alive late Saturday afternoon in a soybean field just north of Jackson shortly after 4pm. A passerby reportly spotted Garber in the field and called the sheriffs office where Deputies rescued her from the field she was alert and talking. Garber was transported by ambulance to the Sanford Jackson Medical Center for evaluation and possible treatment. Garber, suffers from early-onset dementia and had left her Jackson residence on foot around 8:30pm on September 7th. Search parties of over 200 people made up of on and off duty law enforcement officials, first responders across the county and concerned citizens were out searching Friday and Saturday.
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Prairie Winds Republican Women will be hosting “Perspectives on Sex Trafficking” in Southwest Minnesota. Speakers will be Allan Bakke, Regional Navigator Southwest Crisis Center and Roger Pohlman, Police Chief of Lakefield Minnesota. The meeting and presentation will be at the Lakefield VFW located at 405 N Highway 86 Lakefield. Meals can be ordered at 5:30pm and presentation starts at 6 pm. For more information call JoAnne Smith at 507-360-0755.
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There is an Open House at Windom Area Health today from 9am to 11am in the Windom Area Health Large Conference Room to welcome the public to see and learn more about the Medical Office Building. Windom Area Health Administration will be on hand to answer questions, have visuals of what the building will look like and to share the impact of what this project will have on the hospital and community. Light refreshments will be available.
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Meetings Today:
- Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services Board will be holding a meeting at 9am in the Cottonwood County Law Enforcement Center Meeting Room.
- The Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at 1pm in the Cottonwood County Courthouse agenda items will include the Tax Abatement Public Meeting for the Mt Lake Hotel Project and the 2024 Budgets.
- The Windom Planning Commission will meet at 7pm in Windom City Hall City Council Chambers.
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As drought conditions continue to expand in Minnesota, some areas of the state are now experiencing exceptional drought conditions for the first time since 2021 (portions of Freeborn and Mower counties in southeastern Minnesota, as well as in portions of Aitkin, Carlton and Pine counties in east-central Minnesota). At this time, the US Drought Monitor classifies more than half of the state in severe, extreme, or exceptional drought, with the rest of the state in moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions.
This week’s drought monitor map shows:
- 15% of Minnesota is experiencing abnormally dry conditions.
- 30% of the state is in moderate drought.
- 39% of Minnesota is in severe drought.
- 15% of the state is in extreme drought.
- 1% of Minnesota is in exceptional drought.
“With nearly the entire state experiencing some level of drought it is important for all Minnesotans to take measures to reduce water use,” said DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen, “The DNR is closely monitoring the levels of our surface waters and aquifers and will take additional restrictive actions if necessary to protect public water supplies.”
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