Jackson County Sheriff’s Department had 26 calls from January 24th to the 29th. Deputies responded to two separate Domestic Disturbances, conducted welfare checks and assisted several other agencies. There were three fire calls- Windom Fire was paged to a grass fire in Kimball Township, Jackson Fire Department was paged to a grass fire in Middletown Township, The Lakefield Fire Department and Round Lake Fire Department were paged to a structure fire in Rost Township Crews were on scene for about 2 hours. To see all calls from the Jackson County Sheriff’s office click link below.
Jackson County Sheriff Report January 24th to January 29th
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This Sunday, February 2nd, the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus will be holding their Annual Free Throw Championship at 1pm at the Windom Area High School. Boys and Girls ages 9-14 years of age will compete to make the most shots out of 25 attempts. Trophies will be given for champions in each age group and gender. Local champions have the opportunity to compete in the district tournament coming up later in February. If you are interested in competing, you can either download forms from the Knights of Columbus website at
https://www.kofc.org/…/free-throw…/1598-score-sheet.pdf or forms will be available on Sunday at the event. If you have any questions contact Tom Riordan by calling 507-822-0815 or you can e-mail him at triordan@windomnet.com
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The Premium Iowa Pork Plant in Windom started production on Thursday! I had a great conversation with President Dan Paquin and we will have the details with his comments on Monday! Tiffany Lamb was in our studios last week and if you missed her Kaleidoscope program click on PODCASTS tab, and while you are there check out all the other amazing and interesting topics we have posted!
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Can you believe that tomorrow is February!!!!! AND I have had my windows open to AIR out the house for the past two days!!! What is happening!!! Whatever it is, I am LOVING IT!!! I know we need the moisture but I think I needed the sunshine and no coat weather a little more…. The last day in January also makes it National Fun at Work Day!!! We are talking face first into the weekend and February by having FUN AT WORK ALL DAY!!! I know you have to know this already because I feel like I have been saying it forever… RADIO IS FUN so we have FUN at work EVERY DAY!!! But there is always time for more fun! Stop in to the station today just for fun and there WILL be a deck of cards on the front desk! You can either do a card trick or be shown one! Either way if you pick up the deck of cards YOU GET A T-SHIRT!!! Remember whether you work for a small office or a large organization, injecting fun into the workplace is a great way to bond with coworkers, boost team morale, gain inspiration, and even increase productivity. National Fun at Work Day was created to foster happiness and humor in the office and bring employees together. So, rally your coworkers and bosses and have a party… Sing, dance, tell jokes, get ice-cream or play games there’s no wrong way to celebrate National Fun at Work Day!!!