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Work starts on Eaglewood homes
Dec 10, 2015
The first of 16 town homes to be built along North 10th Street has been started by a Rochester developer. The city sold the town home lots for $1,000 each. The lots were part of a land holding in the Eaglewood 5th Addition the city purchased for $25,000. Construction also has started on one of four...
Sievert to be Lake City's city administrator
Dec 10, 2015
Mark Sievert, the city administrator in Fergus Falls, will become the new city administrator in Lake City after the first of the year.
The exact starting date has yet to be worked out.
Sievert was selected from a field of four finalists who interviewed for the position Friday and Saturday.
The City...
Last barges of the season head downriver
Dec 10, 2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, locked the last tow of the season out of St. Paul, on Dec. 3.
The Motor Vessel Charlie G was locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, with 12 barges. Traditionally, the last tow heading south of Lock and Dam 2 marks the unofficial end of...
Wabasha Commissioners table sheriff's fund request
Dec 10, 2015
Sheriff Rodney Bartsh’s request to use squad replacement funds to purchase law enforcement and jail equipment was one item on a brief Wabasha County Board agenda Dec. 1.
The board met at 4 p.m. instead of their regular morning meeting to accommodate the truth in taxation hearing later that...
New owner of former Dunphy's building open to suggestions inside and out
Dec 10, 2015
More than a year after Dunphy’s restaurant closed, there are signs of a change in the restaurant’s former home at one of Lake City’s most prominent intersections.
First “sold” signs went over the Nielson Real Estate signs that had hung for months in the large windows. Then a large blue roll-off...
County may sell land near Byllesby Park
Dec 10, 2015
Public Works Director Greg Isakson asked the Goodhue County commissioners to approve a request for proposal for the Goudy property, which is owned by Goodhue County, and is adjacent to land by Lake Byllesby, also owned by Goodhue County. He noted that the land was purchased three years ago. He...
Wabasha County Board approves half-cent sales tax, elected official salaries
Dec 3, 2015
The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a half-cent sales tax to fund transportation projects at their Nov. 24 meeting.
All commissioners were present for this meeting, along with County Administrator Michael Plante and County Attorney Karrie Kelly.
During a brief discussion...
Sign-up for CRP began Dec. 1
Dec 3, 2015
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has reminded farmers and ranchers that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) began Dec. 1 and ends on Feb. 26.
December 2015 also marks the 30th anniversary of CRP, a federally funded program that assists agricultural...
Meticulous artist creates scene for Christmas
Dec 3, 2015
At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, a barefoot Michael Augustin, dressed in black from head to ankle, was on his knees sprinkling sand on a blanket in the parish hall of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church.
He estimates he’ll spend between 40 and 60 hours creating a six-by-eight-foot sand painting of the...
Artist, MIA hunter Bryan Moon dies
Dec 3, 2015
Former Old Frontenac resident Bryan Moon, who led 34 missions to China, Papua New Guinea, and elsewhere to locate the remains of missing U.S. service members at crash sites and unmarked graves, has died at age 87.
The retired airline executive also was known for his whimsical paintings of animals....
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