The Senate Capital Investment Committee tour visited Fillmore County on Wednesday, October 6. Chatfield EDA made their pitch for Phase II plans for the Chatfield Center for the Arts and Preston promoted a Preston to Carimona segment of the bike trail along with an ask for additional funding for the future veterans home. Center for the Arts Michael Martin made it clear … [Read more...]
LACF and HACF announce Give to the Max Day competition
The Lanesboro Area Community Foundation and the Harmony Area Community Foundation have challenged each other in a friendly Give to the Max Day fundraising competition. Let’s find out which community has the strongest support! All donations received by the two nonprofit organizations on Give to the Max Day, November 14, 2019, will be included in the competition. The … [Read more...]
Lanesboro council urges citizens to be aware of radon
The City of Lanesboro recently worked with Fillmore County to test all of its public facilities for radon. All of the buildings except for two fell under the average of 5.81 for Fillmore County. The basement of the museum tested only slightly over the average, but the fire department was very high. Two tests were conducted in different areas of the building, and they came back … [Read more...]
Kingsland discusses trips abroad
All Kingsland School Board members (Board chair Jackie Horsman, Maranda Emig, Natasha Howard, Tiffany Mundfrom, Leah Stier, Kyle Rader and Superintendent James Hecimovich) were present at the board’s monthly “work session” meeting on November 4. Principal Scott Klavetter also attended. Spanish teacher Morgan Jacobson addressed the board regarding preliminary plans for an … [Read more...]
League of Minnesota Cities meeting hosted in Spring Valley
On October 30, Spring Valley hosted a Greater Minnesota Regional meeting of the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC). The event was co-sponsored by the Southeast Minnesota League of Municipalities. Running from 2-8pm at the Spring Valley Community Center, the event offered informational sessions throughout the afternoon and evening, targeting topics of interest to city officials … [Read more...]
Spring Valley Council discusses sewer issues
Sewer repairs and issues were addressed during the regular meeting of the Spring Valley City Council on October 28, with all members present (Mayor Tony Archer, Luan Ruesink, Chris Danielson, John Dols, Mike Hadland and City Administrator Deb Zimmer). Immediately prior to the meeting, a public hearing was held regarding a residential property in violation of City Code 90.55 … [Read more...]
Rushford rezones former school parcel
A public hearing regarding possible rezoning of the former Rushford-Peterson school was held Monday, October 28 just prior to the city council meeting. Several were in attendance to hear proposed plans for the former elementary and high school facilities which were purchased in June by Well House Ministry, a faith-based organization, co-founded by Sherryl and Bruce Brunner. The … [Read more...]
The future is wow
State Senator Dave Senjem invited civic leaders in southeastern Minnesota to a conversation about communities using energy as an economic driver. Senjem represents citizens in Dodge and Olmsted Counties. The program held at the Chatfield Center for the Arts on October 29 was sponsored by the Institute of Environment, University of Minnesota. Its mission is to discover solutions … [Read more...]
Housing development TIF district
During the October 28 Chatfield City Council meeting, a joint meeting was held with the EDA to consider the creation of a tax increment financing (TIF) district for the “Gjere Addition”. EDA chair Mike Tuohy called the EDA meeting to order before the public hearing began. During the public hearing Chris Giesen explained that Mike and Julie Sogla purchased about 10 acres … [Read more...]
R-P approves maintenance contract; determines future of old trophies
At the Monday, October 21 meeting, the R-P School Board reviewed a proposal for HVAC (heating, ventilating, air conditioning) system preventative maintenance. In attendance to explain the details was Paul Kruckow, sales engineer for Winona Heating & Ventilating, Inc. “We do have a great deal of dollars invested in our system and we need to make sure it is running … [Read more...]