Archive - Dec 14, 2016

The Stewart City Council swore in its two re-elected council members Monday night — Carol Altrichter and Kevin Klucas — to ensure that it would have a quorum as it moves into 2017.
As Monday’s City Council meeting began, the city still did not have a mayor for 2017 nor one more council member.
Incumbent Mayor Jason Peirce, who did not seek re-election, earned 30 write-in votes, while Klucas received 29.

Richard Benson, 82, of Stewart, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Glencoe Regional Health Services Hospital.
The funeral service was held Friday, Dec. 9, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Brownton with the Rev. R. Allan Reed officiating. Music was provided by Dawn Wolter, Robin Kruse, Phillip Benson and the St. John’s Men’s Quartet, Gary, Gene, Randy and Willard Kruse.

To the Editor:
The CareConnection Thrift Store has been a blessing to the people of Glencoe in the past years. It serves Glencoe in many ways. Our proceeds go to Hospice to pay for services for Hospice patients that insurance does not pay. It helps make their last days more comfortable and sometimes more meaningful.

Four outstanding programs from counties across Minnesota were recognized with Association of Minnesota Counties’ (AMC) 2016 County Achievement Awards for exhibiting excellence and innovation in their counties. 2016 AMC President Jack Swanson, a Roseau County commissioner, presented the awards at the association’s annual conference Dec. 5 in Minneapolis. The recipients were nominated by their counties and selected by a committee of county officials, chaired by 2016 AMC First Vice President Gary Hendrickx, a Swift County commissioner.

The Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) School Board approved a $3.55 million tax levy payable in 2017 at its regular board meeting Monday, Dec. 12.
The 2017 levy is a $213,866, or 5.86 percent, decrease from 2016.
At the truth-in-taxation hearing held before the regular board meeting, Business Manager Michelle Sander explained the levy and budget process and the factors that go into the determination to the two members of the public in attendance at the hearing.