Nov 17, 2016
The Red Wing Turkey Trot is Thursday, Nov., 24. People have the option to run or walk a 1K, 3K, or 5K on Thanksgiving morning at the Red Wing YMCA. Non-YMCA members are welcome.The race goes out and back from Levee Park. People are asked to begin by meeting at the Red Wing YMCA and as a group they...
Nov 17, 2016
The Elder Network of Wabasha County is offering a Lunch and Learn event on Monday, Nov. 21 on being mortal.Lisa McCabe-Evans, RN, BSN, DNP-FNP will lead a free screen and discussion of the PBS Frontline documentary “Being Mortal.” This film explores the hopes of patients and families facing...
Nov 17, 2016
Winter Hazard Awareness Week is Nov. 14-18. Wabasha County Emergency Management has provided some facts and helpful information from the National Weather Service (NWS):• Wind chill is the cooling effect on exposed skin, created by the combination of temperature and wind.• Advisories are issued by...
Nov 17, 2016
Goodhue County Land Use Manager Lisa Hanni announced at the Nov. 1 County Board meeting that the Cannon Valley Trail has been selected to be on the National Geographic website. She explained that last spring she and her staff had met with National Geographic officials in Red Wing. “They were...
Nov 17, 2016
A Goodhue County Public Works policy was on the line at the Nov. 1 board meeting. Public Works Director Greg Isakson explained that originally four bidders had bid on a culvert project in Zumbrota Township, but only three were considered responsive.Last week the county received correspondence...
Nov 17, 2016
The City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to spend $39,000 on planning work from the city’s waterfront and downtown area.
A St. Paul company, Stantec, will do the work. The company was selected by the Planning Commission after reviewing three applications.
The company has carried out waterfront...
Nov 17, 2016
Lisa Hanni, Goodhue County Land Use manager, announced at the Nov. 1 County Board meeting that last month the County’s Environmental Health and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Departments put in for a GIS software grant and they won. Goodhue County was one of 10 communities in the country that...
Nov 17, 2016
The Southside Aces will perform at WideSpot Performing Arts Center in Stockholm, Wis. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.The “New Orleans Traditional Jazz Quarterly” calls the Southside Aces, “A true authentic New Orleans dancehall style band.”Conceived in South Minneapolis in August 2003, the Aces...
Nov 17, 2016
The Minnesota departments of Transportation (MnDOT) and Public Safety have launched a new Message Monday campaign using the state’s electronic message signs to bring attention to safe driving.The signs, located above freeways and other high-traffic roads, already are used to display messages...
Nov 10, 2016
Lake City voters on Tuesday elected three people to the City Council and turned down a ballot measure that all but kills plans for a new downtown hotel.
The election also puts an almost certain stop to plans to convert Highway 61 to a three-lane highway through the city.
The future of plans for a...