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Registration open for governor's 'water summit'
Jan 20, 2016
Registration is now open for the Governor’s Water Summit, which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 27. The summit will focus public attention on the serious challenges facing Minnesota’s water supplies – in both rural and urban areas of the state – and continue statewide dialogue around steps that...
Weather notices available
Jan 14, 2016
Wabasha County has recently chosen to include Weather Warning as part of the CodeRED telephone notification package. Wabasha County residents can sign up to receive phone calls, texts, emails or a combination of these whenever there is a severe weather warning in the county. To sign up, people can...
Police apprehend car burglary suspect
Jan 13, 2016
UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Cain Kirchner, 19, of Lake City. Kirchner is charged with two felonies and a gross misdemeanor related to several alleged thefts. The criminal complaint against him can be found below.
A literal trail of clues led to the arrest of a suspect in a string of...
Wabasha County Board elects Hall as 2016 chair
Jan 13, 2016
Following a unanimous vote at the first meeting of the new year on Jan. 5, Board Chair Mike Wobbe passed the gavel to Rich Hall who will serve in that capacity in 2016.
Commissioner Don Springer was absent due to illness. County Attorney Karrie Kelly and County Administrator Michael Plante were...
Yoga class to be offered in Red Wing
Jan 6, 2016
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing will be offering a yoga class that will focus on mood enhancement starting Thursday, Jan. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Michele Hoffman, a certified yoga therapist at Mayo Clinic Health System, will teach the yoga class.The six week session will run through...
Birth defect prevention gets local focus
Jan 6, 2016
Goodhue County Health and Human Services is joining the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to invite women and their families to make a PACT for birth defects prevention.In recognition of January as National Birth Defects...
County rancor moves upriver in 2015
Jan 6, 2016
Donald Springer ended the last Wabasha County Board meeting of 2015 by thanking his fellow commissioners for a peaceful and productive year.
2015 followed several years of rancor and discord on the board. But two new commissioners, Cheryl Key and Brian Goihl, took office at the beginning of the...
County gives land use assurance
Jan 6, 2016
John Harapat has requested first right of refusal if the Goodhue County Board decides not to use the land they are purchasing from him as part of a new park in Kenyon Township, west of Kenyon. His land is required in order to make two narrow parcels of land that were donated by the late Harold...
MnDOT: Snow can't go on street
Jan 6, 2016
With the recent snowfall, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) reminds residents and snow removal operators that it is unlawful to deposit snow on or next to a public highway or street.Minnesota law and many local ordinances prohibit the plowing, blowing, shoveling or otherwise...
DNR: 2015 was a record-breaking year for some outdoor activities
Jan 6, 2016
A record number of people visited Minnesota state parks and enjoyed trout fishing in lakes and streams in 2015, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The agency noted other accomplishments in 2015, including a growing deer herd and increased deer harvest, an improved fleet of...
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