Archive - Jun 15, 2016

Once again, our nation has sat back, stunned, in front of our television sets as reports came out of Orlando, Florida, of the most massive shooting in our country’s recent history.
Questions abound: was the shooter a member of a terroristic organization? Was he, as his parents claim, repulsed by gay people? How did someone who was, at least at times, on the fringe of the FBI’s radar get an assault gun?
And, once again, the debate regarding gun control rages unabated in both traditional and social media.

To the Editor:
This is a copy of an email that I have sent to the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) media people and have been thanked for the kind words by Jackie Anderson of ADM:
As a next door neighbor of your new facility, I was able to tour your very impressive operation at your open house along with other city officials.
Congratulations on a well-built facility and how impressed I am that you have decided to invest in our community. My family has lived in the area for over 40 years and are very satisfied that you have decided to stay in our small town.

The final bid package for the Glencoe-Silver Lake construction project came in over budget, the School Board heard Monday night.
This final bid package covers about 80 percent of the project and has over 20 different scopes, Business Manager Michelle Sander explained. Sander said the total package came in over budget, but many of the separate scopes were under estimates.

It is impossible to predict every little cost that might come up with a construction project.
The McLeod County Jail project is not any different. As part of the jail expansion project, Ives Avenue, between 10th and 11th Streets in Glencoe, was vacated with the plan of opening Judd Avenue between the same streets.
As part of the project, the street is in need of nearly $43,000 in sewer line upgrades.  
The County Board, on Tuesday, June 7, approved to partner with the city of Glencoe by paying up to $8,000 toward the upgrades.

Partial McLeod County road ditch mowing will begin this week near intersections and areas where tall grass may cause reduced sight lines for motorists.
Next week, the county highway department will start making a top cut adjacent to the shoulder on all county roads. It also will be mowing any thistle patches and other noxious weeds encountered in the entire road right of way. The mowing usually takes two weeks, weather permitting, and is accomplished with four mower tractors.