Highway Engineer Ron Gregg asked the board to advertise six 2024 scheduled road projects at the board’s October 3 meeting. Gregg said the projects are ready to advertise. Projects include a concrete overlay on CSAH 1 between CSAH 39 and the west city limits of Spring Valley, improvements to CSAH 4 from intersection of CSAH 38 to CSAH 5, a culvert replacement on CSAH 12 in … [Read more...]
Greater Police Presence Noticed by Ostrander City Council
The Tuesday, October 3 Ostrander City Council meeting opened with a public statement made by an Ostrander man regarding an allegedly unfulfilled subcontractor payment and financial roadblock in his house construction. This past spring of 2023, Terry Fetterly was granted a building permit to construct a home on Minnesota Street in Ostrander, Minn., and he began the building … [Read more...]
New Faces at Spring Grove School
New faces at Spring Grove Public School this year are Lexi Thorson, school social worker, yearbook advisor and junior high volleyball coach; Vicki Nelson, long-term substitute teacher and internal substitute teacher; Rachel Storlie, elementary music teacher; and Thomas Dunkle, junior high and high school social studies teacher and Washington, D.C. trip advisor. Thorson … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Appoints New Council Member
At the October 2 Lanesboro City Council meeting, the council reviewed letters of interest received for former council member Mitchell Walbridge’s seat. Walbridge recently accepted the position of city administrator, vacating his seat on the council. As there are less than two years left of his term, the council was able to appoint someone to fill that seat. Three letters of … [Read more...]
Hokah to Get Automatic External Defibrillators
The Hokah City Council met on Tuesday, October 3, at the Hokah Fire Station. Council members present included Mayor Lee Tippery, City Clerk Lindsey Martell, and Council Members Mike Walsh, Jerry Martell and Tom Bernsdorf. Not present was Corey Lorenz. Mayor Tippery called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. A motion was made, seconded and … [Read more...]
Rushford Gets Good News From Legislative Update
At the September 25 meeting, the Rushford, Minn., council learned from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) legislative attorney and lobbyist Elizabeth Wefel that more funding will be in the cities’ coffers. While not quite to the extent hoped, Wefel said state legislators approved a Local Government Aid (LGA) increase. “We were pushing for a lot this time,” she … [Read more...]
Strong Start to Fillmore Central’s School Year
At the September 26th Fillmore Central School Board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad gave a report to the board on the school year so far. “It’s been a great start,” he said. Both the high school and the elementary school are preparing for homecoming next week. Bus and school evacuations have been held at the elementary school. AimsWeb testing was done early this year to … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Schools’ New Teachers
Lanesboro Public School welcomed five new teachers to its staff with the beginning of this school year: Alexa Horihan, Emily Goodnow, Lori Crum, Michelle Leon, and Kirsten Bakke. Alexa Horihan, originally from Houston, Minn., graduated from Houston High School, and went to college at RCTC and later WSU, Rochester. After graduating in 2020, she chose not to teach her first … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board Approves Joint Powers Agreement with HVED
Caledonia Area Public Schools’ board members met Monday, September 26 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and led with the pledge of allegiance. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Peterson, Daniel Small and Spencer Yohe. Also, in attendance were … [Read more...]
Houston’s New Teachers
Houston Public School located in Houston, Minn., has a total seven new members on their teaching staff this year. Because Houston no longer is a member of HVED and has chosen to provide their own services, more special education staff was needed. Danielle Bosshart joins the Houston education team as an occupational therapist; not as a teacher. She always knew she wanted … [Read more...]