County News

Street improvements, wastewater treatment Claremont council topics

Needed street improvements and an update on the wastewater treatment plant were among the topics discussed by the Claremont City Council at their April meeting last week. Councilmember Marie Lindblom, a member of the Public Works Committee, gave an update on the streets the committee has determined...

Triton FFA members honored at Region VIII banquet

Triton High School FFA members were recognized at the Region VIII banquet at Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School last week including Brianna Fitzgerald as Region VIII Star Farmer and a finalist for state Star Farmer and Jack Crowson as Region Star in Agribusiness. The Fish and Wildlife team of Craig Weber...

Kay Hanson bids farewell to West Concord

Claremont City Council and EDA members got a look at the expansion plans for the Al-Corn plant. This as they consider a tax abatement or alternatively tax incremental financing to help with the expansion that includes the widening of 5th Street. The council also agreed to work with the engineering...

CCARL meets Thursday in Wanamingo

Citizens Concerned About Rail Line (CCARL) will have its next meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, at the Kenyon Wanamingo Elementary School, 225 Third Ave., Wanamingo. The group was formed in opposition to the proposed high-speed or “Zip Rail” line between the Twin Cities and Rochester. When the...

Dodge County SWCD promoting Rain Gardens in county

You have probably noticed them in commercial areas and on lawns. Usually small depressions in the landscape filled with a variety of flowers and plants. They’re rain gardens and they serve a purpose beyond aesthetics. They help in allowing rainwater runoff from areas like roofs, driveways,...

Can a non-union Kasson employee perform tasks under union contract?

At the Kasson City Council meeting March 23, whether or not a non-union supervisor may do work at the wastewater treatment plant was the topic of an animated discussion. In a letter dated Feb 26, 2016, to Mark Schmitt, Director, Municipal Division of the state Pollution Control Agency in St. Paul,...

Triton board members try out heart monitors used in gym classes

Triton school board members got a first-hand look at the heart rate monitors used in middle school physical education classes last week. Physical Education teacher Shane Van Beck passed out the monitors to each school board member and had board members wear them during his presentation,...

Students display their knowledge of scientific method

The Triton Elementary School gym was a sea of posters filled with questions and conclusions about scientific questions last Thursday as the fourth and fifth grade students presented the results of their science projects. In the morning volunteer judges from throughout the community met with each...

West Concord Council accepts Hanson resignation

West Concord’s City Council last week officially accepted the resignation of City Administrator Kay Hanson. Council members also received the 2015 auditor’s report that showed that the Municipal Liquor Store again finished the year with negative numbers. Mayor Jeffrey McCool also told council...

BREAKING NEWS: A wild chase ends in arrest of boy

A wild police chase involving a stolen cement truck ended without any injuries Sunday afternoon in Dodge Center. Deputies took an unidentified boy into custody after the hour-long chase through residential streets in Dodge Center and county roads between Dodge Center and Kasson. Sheriff Scott Rose...