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Archive - Mar 2, 2016

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Township annual meetings, some elections, set March 8

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:55am

Township annual meetings and, in some cases, elections (some townships have November elections), are set for Tuesday, March 8, throughout the state. The slate of McLeod County township annual meetings include:
• Acoma Township — Annual meeting at the Acoma Town Hall, 23846 230th Street, Hutchinson, 7 p.m.
• Bergen Township — Annual meeting at the Bergen Town Hall, 16595 Babcock Ave., Lester Prairie, 8 p.m.

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County Board approves slate of 2016 road, bridge projects

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:55am

Lori Copler

The McLeod County Board of Commissioners approved the 2016 slate of road and bridge improvements at its Tuesday morning meeting.
Phil Schmalz, assistant highway engineer, said that approving the projects will allow the highway department to seek bids on the work.
A major project for 2016 will be the rehabilitation of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 4 (Melody and Major avenues) from CSAH 3 (110th Street) north to State Highway 7.

Knowledge Bowl wins big in Hutch

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:53am

Hutchinson hosted the last Saturday meet of the Knowledge Bowl season on Feb. 27, playing host to several schools from the region including Benson, BOLD, Central Minnesota Christian School, Dawson-Boyd, Lester Prairie, MACCRAY, Montevideo, New London-Spicer, Willmar and Glencoe-Silver Lake.
The 12 varsity teams and eight junior varsity teams competed together but received separate medals.

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Concert association drive starts

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:52am

The Glencoe Concert Association is kicking of its membership drive for 2016-2017 concerts at this season’s final concert in Glencoe on March 8 at the Glencoe City Center. The association has a goal of offering music anyone can like, regardless of personal tastes, at each offered concert.

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Food shelf receives $2,500 donation

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:50am

McLeod Emergency Food Shelf received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by local farmer, Nathan Schmalz of Lester Prairie (McLeod County).

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McLeod County 4-H Family Fun Night set

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:49am

McLeod County 4-H will host a variety of activities during its Family Fun Night Monday, March 7, at the McLeod County Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.
The project fair will be held from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., in the Agribition Building. Project tables include scrapbooking, Project Bowl, gardening, child development, horse, dog, archery, vet science, exploring animals, science, technology, engineering, math and more.
4-H’ers will showcase their culinary talents in the Favorite Food Show from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Plato blood drive results

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:48am

On Feb. 25, the American Red Cross, sponsored by the Plato Lions Club, had a blood drive at Lighthouse Church, Plato.
Forty-four whole units of blod and nine double-red units, for a total of 61 units, were collected. The goal was 43 units. Each unit can save up to 10 lives.
Bump’s Restaurant and Unhinged! Pizza donated $5 gift certificates, which were given to donors who gave double-red units. Leon Alsleben received a pin for having reached a milestone of four gallons donated.