Archive - Jan 2018

Marilyn Mercedes (Kern) Templin, 89, of Glencoe, wife of the late Ernie Templin, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at Glencoe Regional Health Services Long Term Care.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 3, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe with the Rev. Peter Adelsen officiating. Yvonne Schuette was the organist. Congregational hymns were “Amazing Grace,” “How Great Thou Art” and “I Know That My Redeemer Lives.”
Casket bearers were Jeff Templin, Angela Templin, Angela Marshall, Tony Marshall, Wayne Ahlbrecht and David Prehn. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Carmen Johnson-Klassen, 46, of Glencoe, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at her home.
A private family celebration of life will be held at the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson with Chaplain Penny Entringen officiating. Soloist Cory White will sing “I Can Only Imagine.” The congregational hymn will be “Amazing Grace.” Special music will be “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper and “Seasons of Love” from the Broadway musical “Rent.”

A motion was made at the Glencoe City Council’s Jan. 2 meeting to sign an agreement with McLeod County regarding the Morningside Avenue extension project. That motion died for a lack of a second.

The McLeod County Board of Commissioners will consider increasing the amount it pays to Green Forest Recycling Services to $75 per ton for materials shipped to end markets from the current rate of $56 per ton.
Green Forest was hired by the County Board in 2017 as a private contractor to manage the county’s materials recovery facility (MRF), which handles the items collected through recycling.

Fire destroyed a shed and two vehicles on Harvest Road north of Glencoe Sunday night.
Glencoe Fire Chief Ron Grack said the department received the page at about 6:30 p.m., and was on scene for about three hours.
The shed was fully involved when the department arrived, Grack added. The approximately 30-foot by 40-foot shed was located at the Wayne and Kim Strong property. The shed was a wood-frame building lined with tin.
Grack said his department was aided by Silver Lake with a tanker and manpower, and water tanker trucks from Lester Prairie and Hutchinson.