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Archive - May 17, 2017

Date

SL Auxiliary to offer poppies

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:43am

Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed May as Poppy Month in Minnesota. Members of the Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary Unit 141 will be distributing poppies in Silver Lake on Friday, May 19. In addition, there will be containers of poppies on counters of local businesses throughout the end of May. All donations go to the benefit disabled or hospitalized veterans.


Silver Lake tennis courts grand re-opening May 21

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:42am

The Silver Lake Lions Club will host a grand re-opening of the newly refurbished tennis courts in Silver Lake on Sunday, May 21, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
In addition to refurbishing the courts, new markings were put down for pickleball, a game that is played by people of all skill levels and physical abilities. There will be demonstrations of the games and rules will be provided so that everyone can learn.
There also will be free hot dogs and root beer while supplies last. Everyone is invited.

There are efforts to check welfare fraud

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:39am

Our view: Local county seems to have handle on keeping fraud in check

 


Time for the School Board to do its job

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:39am

Reading last week’s Chronicle account of the Glencoe-Silver Lake School Board meeting sparked flashbacks. The School Board was discussing program and staff cuts … again.
Over 15 years ago, the GSL Board went through tumultuous times in trying to extricate itself from statutory operating debt (SOD) and was faced with agonizing budget cuts. The School Board hemmed and hawed back then, and the problems only got worse.


 Investing in a 21st-century workforce

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:38am

By U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
D-Minnesota
Wyoming Machine is making a big difference in Stacy. The company recently brought home the National Association of Workforce Boards’ business leadership award for its work developing the local workforce and economy.
In Duluth, thanks to partnerships with local employers, 70 students are graduating Lake Superior College every year with the skills needed to fill high-wage, high-growth jobs around the region.


GSL participates in summer food program

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:38am

The Glencoe-Silver Lake School District is participating in the Summer Food Service Program and invites children to have a free meal. Meals will be provided to all children birth to 18 without charge and meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).


Ceremony set to honor law enforcement

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:37am

The McLeod County Sheriff’s Office chaplains will lead a ceremony Sunday, May 21, at 4 p.m., in Hutchinson Library Square, to honor all law enforcement officers, both past and present.
In attendance will be Hutchinson Police Chief Dan Hatten, Lester Prairie Police Chief Bob Carlson, a sheriff’s deputies’ color guard and the McLeod County Sheriffs Posse.


City Council votes against increasing waste site hours

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:36am
By
Karin Ramige

The Glencoe City Council declined to expand the hours of the yard waste disposal site on a 2-3 vote Monday night.
The city’s personnel committee discussed the issue in length at its May 8 meeting, and recommended the hours be expanded with limited staffing.
City Administrator Mark Larson said that the hours of the site was a council decision.


Finishing work being done on interior, exterior of jail

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:35am
By
Lori Copler

McLeod County’s jail expansion and courthouse project appears to be in the finishing stages, the County Board heard Tuesday morning.
Sam Lauer of Contegrity, the project management company, said that painting is being done in the interior while outside, the brick facing is being put on the new addition.
Lauer said the exterior brick is being started on the east side. When that is finished, masons will move to the south side “and they work their way around” the rest of the building.


Planning commission tables permit request for twin homes addition

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 8:34am

The city of Glencoe’s Planning Commission on May 11 tabled a special use permit request by Glencoe Progressive Partners to build twin homes along 20th Street West in Glencoe.
Last month, the Planning Commission voted against recommending the approval of the special use permit after several neighbors voiced concerns about potential property value declines and splitting utilities.
The Glencoe City Council asked the developer for more information and asked the planning commission to reconsider.