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Archive - Nov 2015

Date

November 11th

Scaled-back jail project cost still higher than hoped

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:40am

Lori Copler

Contegrity Group Construction Management and Wold Architects have managed to trim McLeod County’s proposed jail expansion project, but maybe not enough.
At a workshop session following its regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 3, the County Board heard that a reduction in square footage, changes in the concrete and the elimination of a drive-through sallyport resulted in a new estimate of about $7.99 million. However, that is still considerably higher than the $7.4 million original budget.

Depressed commodity prices impact solid waste

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:39am

Lori Copler

Depressed commodity prices have led to a current operating loss of over $250,000 for McLeod County Solid Waste. Add in the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) retrofit payment, and that loss is pushing $600,000 for the first eight months of 2015.
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee, which consists of the five McLeod County commissioners, heard those figures Friday, Oct. 30, as it considered a business plan for the facility.

GSL’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ opens Friday night

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:38am

Rebecca Mariscal

Glencoe-Silver Lake High School takes a trip down the rabbit hole Friday with the opening of its fall musical “Alice in Wonderland” Friday at 7 p.m. in the GSL High School Auditorium. A second performance will be Saturday, also at 7 p.m.
The performance, familiar to many from Disney’s adaption and the book by Lewis Carroll, follows Alice, a young daydreamer who dislikes books and craves adventure. She finds it when a very late White Rabbit rushes past her.

GSL Board takes care of glitch in land sale to Brownton

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:37am

Rebecca Mariscal

The Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) School Board tied up loose ends from the sale of the district’s school property in Brownton at the regular meeting last night.
The GSL District obtained the land when the former McLeod West School District dissolved and the former Brownton district, which was a partner with Stewart in the McLeod West district, became part of GSL.

House speaker, Senate minority leader help rally local Republicans at fundraiser

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:36am

Lori Copler

McLeod and Sibley county Republicans talked a bit about the upcoming 2016 legislative session at a rally at the Crow River Winery Wednesday, Nov. 4, but mostly focused on how to regain the majority in the Minnesota Senate, as well as capture the governorship.
And the local Republicans had some high-ranking compatriots from whom to draw inspiration — Senate Minority Leader David Hann and Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt. Also speaking were local legislators, state Reps. Glenn Gruenhagen and Dean Urdahl, and state Sen. Scott Newman.

City discusses end of no-cost recycling, ordinance on utilities

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:35am

Rebecca Mariscal

Glencoe city officials gathered Wednesday, Nov. 4, for a personnel and legislative committee meeting. The committee discussed policy updates and potential new ordinances.
No-cost recycling
City Administrator Mark Larson informed the committee that at the end of the year, the county will no longer offer no-cost recycling to the city.
The cost to the city will now be $4,904.40 annually if the city continues to separate recycling and have it picked up by the county.

2nd half of ag property tax payments due Nov. 15

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:34am

McLeod County Auditor-Treasurer Cindy Schultz Ford reminds taxpayers that the second half of property tax for agricultural properties is due Nov. 15. With Nov. 15 falling on a Sunday, tax payments will be accepted Monday, Nov. 16, without penalty.
Payments are accepted by mail or in person at the McLeod County North Complex building, 2391 Hennepin Ave. N, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or there is a convenient payment drop box located just outside of the building.

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Visits to libraries in county in 2014 over 2013, board hears

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:33am

Lori Copler

Visits to all four of the Pioneerland libraries in McLeod County — Brownton, Glencoe, Hutchinson and Winsted — are seeing increases in visits from patrons.
Head librarians Jackee Fountain (Brownton and Glencoe) and Pam Dille (Hutchinson and Winsted) updated the McLeod County Board of Commissioners on library activities at its Nov. 3 meeting.

Red Cross launches new RapidPass for blood donors

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 10:32am

The American Red Cross is launching RapidPass, a way for blood donors to complete their pre-reading and donation questions online from the privacy of their home or office.
RapidPass is only used to complete the reading and pre-donation questionnaire in advance of donors’ appointments at the Wednesday, Nov. 18, blood drive at the Glencoe City Center; it does not take the place of scheduling an appointment. The online process will hopefully reduce the time RapidPass donors spend at the blood drive by up to 15 minutes.
Some important things to know:

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GSL quartet plays in All-Star soccer games

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2015 - 9:00am

Tom Carothers

Four Glencoe-Silver Lake soccer seniors wrapped up their high school footie careers at the Section 2A Senior All-Star Soccer Classic on Monday, Nov. 9. Shelby Clouse represented GSL as a member of the West team in the girls’ game, while Aaron Giesen, Freddy Pena and Mark Lueders played on the West side in the boys’ contest.

The games took place under the lights at Mattke Field at Southwest State University in Marshall.