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A proposal to bring a solar garden to Hale Township has seemingly cleared a hurdle and is on its way to the McLeod County Board with the endorsement of the county’s planning commission.
The commission unanimously endorsed at its May 14 meeting a proposal for a conditional-use permit allowing United States Solar Corp. to lease 10 acres of a 49.49-acre parcel from landowner Donald Mielke and allow US Solar to build a half-megawatt solar garden on property along Falcon Avenue south of Highway 7 and east of Silver Lake. The McLeod County Board will take up the proposal at its June 2 meeting.

The Stewart City Council approved in-person voting for the two remaining 2020 elections at its meeting May 11.
Any city with fewer than 400 registered voters is eligible to request a mail-in ballot election.
The cities of Biscay and Plato as well as many townships in McLeod County will be using mail-in ballots this fall.

(For the complete story, see the May 20 print edition of the Chronicle.)

Unlike high school baseball and American Legion baseball, town ball leaders are holding out hopes for a 2020 season despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Minnesota Amateur Baseball Association, the state-level governing board of the Glencoe Brewers, the Brownton Bruins and Plato Blue Jays, is operating as if the state and the Minnesota Baseball Association will allow them to play ball this summer, perhaps as soon as early-June. Their hope is town ball teams across the state will be allowed to take the field in some form of modified schedule.

To the editor,
Do you remember 1974? It was the year the Beach Boys released the album, “Endless Summer.” It was a great album with a lot of hit songs.
Well this year, thanks to our dictator governor, 2020 will be remembered as “Funless Summer.” It makes me sad and incredibly mad as well. I cannot believe all the hysteria and panic that people are showing over the COVID-19 virus. Events of all types are being postponed or canceled altogether throughout the summer (June-August).
And this is only May 14; really?

To the editor,
I am even more concerned about the shutdown then I was a month ago. When will it end? I feel Gov. Walz is devastating our economy. Thousands of Minnesota businesses have or will be closing due to the shutdown, which is not substantiated by the number of COVID-19 cases or deaths.