The Harmony Planning and Zoning Commission met October 28 to hold a public hearing for the city’s proposed data hearing ordinance. Approximately 20 residents addressed the commission on the subject. Chair Jesse Grabau outlined the evening’s procedure: each speaker was allowed three minutes, the audience was not to address the speaker and all were expected to be respectful. Planning & Zoning would then discuss and make its recommendation. Robbie Brokken shared her concern about the noise issue. Playing a recording of a data center generator’s noise, she stated that she didn’t want to hear that noise all the time. Erik Olson later asked for more information on the recording; Brokken … Read Story
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From Self-Driving Tractors to a Self-Built Airplane
Inside a hangar at the Fillmore County airport sits the newest machine Kent Dornink has built. It is not a tractor, a planter or a combine. It is an airplane. Dornink spent about three years building the plane, a Van’s RV-14A. It came as a kit, in crates and pieces, with binders of plans and instructions, and he put in somewhere around 20,000 rivets holding its aluminum skin together. He finished it in February and had flown it about 100 hours by September. It still wears no paint. That job waits for this winter. Flying is nothing new to him. Dornink has flown for about 36 years, and he and his wife Judith got into it for a practical reason. Judith grew up in Nebraska, … Read Story
Mabel-Canton Emergency Highlights Importance of CPR and AED Training
On July 31, school staff and individuals working on the construction project at the Mabel-Canton School put their cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills into practice and used the school’s automated external defibrillator (AED) to help save the life of Chris Meier, a State of Minnesota Inspector. The Mabel Ambulance crew, which also played a critical role in saving Meier’s life, responded to the emergency and provided critical assistance. On October 13, six individuals were recognized for their heroic actions and received challenge coins and certificates from Emplify Health representatives Clinical Manager/EMS Education Karla Eppler and Clinical Manager/Emplify EMS Nick Nedza. … Read Story
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Chatfield Wastewater Treatment Facility Plan
Caledonia City Council Approves 12-Month Data Center Moratorium
Measles cases in Minnesota hit highest total in 36 years
Chatfield Education Foundation’s 4th Annual Live and Silent Auction Set for November 21
Eagle Bluff Receives National Award for Advancing Outdoor Education in Minnesota
Hunting and Heart Attacks
Chatfield Community Comes Together to Create Two New Public Mosaics Celebrating Clean Water
Commonweal Theatre Board of Directors Announces New Leadership/Organizational Model
Lanesboro Arts Seeks Project Submissions for The Scenic Route: Re-Imagining Highway 250
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