Change is in the air in Mountain Lake. In an announcement from Nene Smestad owner of Mountain Lake Floral she stated, After 41+ years of owning the shop and serving you, her valued customers, she is happy to announce that Mountain Lake Floral will be under new ownership in January.
And what makes this transition so special is that the new owner is no stranger to you or the shop. Mountain Lake native Jessica (Herrig) Thompson and her husband Kris will be continuing the legacy of personal service and beautiful flowers that you’ve grown to expect from us. Jessica is a former Mountain Lake Floral employee and a talented floral designer who is eager to serve you and take the business into the next 40 years!
Nene went onto say, “I’ll be working alongside Jessica and Kris throughout the upcoming year, assisting with holidays, funerals and weddings. In addition, you can expect some exciting new merchandise offerings, including unique, custom apparel, tumblers and personalized gifts”.
Nene would like the community to join her in welcoming Jessica, Kris and their 6 children as they move to the Mountain Lake community. As someone who raised her children in the store, it brings such joy knowing they will carry on this local, family-owned business into the next generation(s). Thank you in advance for giving them the same support you’ve given our family—and business—for the past 41 years.
We here at KDOM congratulate Nene in her retirement and wish Jessica and Kris the best of luck as the new owners of Mountain Lake Floral.
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Windom Police Department reported on the 16th at 9:24am an Officer spoke with a Windom Female party wanting to report a theft. The reporting party stated that UPS dropped off a package in front of her business on 1/9/24 but when she went to retrieve her package, it was not there. Items inside that package where items to be sold at her store. This matter remains under investigation. Total loss was estimated at $273.40. At 9:20pm an officer conducted a traffic stop on Hwy 60 and Cindy St. After investigation, charges pending on a 36-year-old Spirit Lake male for driving with a driver’s license with a status of Driving after cancellation-inimical to public safety. Which means the driving status that the state has deemed this driver a danger to the road.
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Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported 10 calls on the 15th and 16th. A deputy assisted the Jackson Ambulance and Alpha First Responders and Heron Lake Ambulance with three separate medical calls. Dispatch had two separate transferred calls to the MN State Patrol and one to Emmet County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies also issued a no parking 1-6am citation in downtown Jackson, responded to a minor two-vehicle accident in a parking lot in Jackson and responded to a disturbance at an apartment complex in Jackson. On the 16th at approximately 1:20pm Dispatch received a report of a male who had called a local Pastor and stated he was just released from prison in Waseca 20 days ago and was now trying to get to Chicago. He said he was in Petersburg and demanded money for a bus ticket and said he would jump off a bridge if he didn’t get the money. A deputy drove to Petersburg and searched the area but did not locate anyone. Dispatch called the party back. He answered the call but hung up as soon as the Dispatcher identified who they were.
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The Springfield Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 Spirit of Springfield and Business of the Year Awards.
Printable and fill-in PDF’s of the nomination forms are available on the Chamber website.
https://springfieldmnchamber.org/spirit-of-springfield…/
The nomination deadline is Thursday, February 1, 2024. Completed forms should be returned to the Chamber Office:
Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 134
Springfield, MN 56087
Thank you for your nominations.
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It’s been a long week! I’ve been fighting a chest cold. I’m not usually a victim to sickness but this “cold” has conquered me to no end. I’m super grateful that today is National Brew a Potion Day. Yep it’s time to brew my own get well potion so that I can ALSO celebrate Good Memory Day. I mean I am thinking back to when I wasn’t coughing and carrying on… THAT was a good memory but I have to share that whenever I hear Memory it whisks me back to a warm day on a beach in Mexico and my son Nate was going around taking pictures for strangers and photo bombing said strangers pictures, saying “NOW THAT’S A MEMORY” I am sure on this day, “celebrate a Good Memory Day”, he is apart of many memories saying who was that guy? Today is also National Popcorn Day, whether you like it plain, buttered, carameled or cheesed… Popcorn is just the perfect snack and should be celebrated.
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