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Big take helps state funding
Jan 21, 2016
While Powerball jackpot winners in California, Florida and Tennessee celebrate their wins, the jackpot roll, which began on Nov. 7, 2015 and ended with last week’s record $1,586,400,000 jackpot, gives Minnesota plenty to celebrate.• During this jackpot roll, Minnesota’s lottery players won $6,116,...
Board's year set, budget challenges linger
Jan 21, 2016
Goodhue County Commissioner Dan Rechtzigel was unanimously elected as the 2016 chairman of the County Board on Jan. 5. Fellow Commissioner Ron Allen was unanimously elected as vice-chair.County Administrator Scott Arneson asked the board to set meeting times and locations for the coming year....
Forestry Day is Feb. 12
Jan 21, 2016
Wabasha County Forestry Day will be held Friday, Feb. 12 at the Wabasha VFW.Registration starts at 9 a.m. The program will begin at 10 a.m. People registering early will have the opportunity to watch Laurel and Hardy starring in the film “Tree in a Test Tube” beginning at 9:30 a.m.Pre-...
Sievert making the rounds
Jan 21, 2016
Lake City’s new city administrator is spending his first two weeks on the job getting out to meet people.
It’s an effort he initiated even before he started the job.
Mark Sievert began Jan. 11, just in time for the year’s first City Council meeting. He told council members he wanted to meet with...
Library's new home is permanent, yet mobile
Jan 21, 2016
After a year and a half in a temporary location, the Lake City Public Library is moving back to its permanent home.
But the new facility in its familiar old downtown location looks completely different on the outside and will have an ever-changing look on the inside.
The library closed its...
Wabasha County GOP gets ready for caucuses
Jan 20, 2016
Wabasha County Republicans will meet at BJ’s Bar and Grill at Whippoorwill Campground at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25.
The gathering will be an opportunity to get the information to argue issues.
The group also will be organizing convenors for the March 1 caucuses.
State studying increased speed limits on some two-lane roads
Jan 20, 2016
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is entering its third year of evaluating the 55 miles per hour speed limit on all two-lane highways in the state. The five-year study is a legislative mandate to look at the speed limits and make recommendations about increasing the speed to 60...
Sen. Schmit's mobile office hours come to Lake City Jan. 23
Jan 20, 2016
Following a summer and fall that included more than 40 visits to local school boards, city councils, county commissions, and soil and water conservation district boards throughout southeastern Minnesota, State Sen. Matt Schmit is continuing his efforts to stay in touch with constituents through a...
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...
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