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The ninth annual Wright County Conference Honor Band and Choir festival was held Jan. 11 at New Prague High School Performing Arts Center. Over 160 musicians from 13 conference schools came together to share their musical talents.
GSL High School band members participating included Kennedy Wraspir (flute), Bethany Hagen (flute), Mia LaPlante (oboe), Kayla Reichow (bassoon), Austin Brewton (bass clarinet), Lillian Ehrke (alto saxophone), Elias Kuehn (trombone), Nathan Warner (bass trombone), Allie Gronlund (euphonium), Dylan Kucera (tuba) and Drew Hedtke (string bass).

Glencoe-Silver Lake’s one-act play company will present “And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson” Thursday, Jan. 23, 6 p.m., at the high school auditorium.
Patrick Hiltner is directing the group of high school students which includes eight cast members and one crew member. And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson takes a look at how a small town views disabilities. This production is a 35-minute cutting of the full-length version per MSHSL rules.

They don’t remember the first call they went on, the dates of specific major events or even the locations or significant details of fire calls. After 20-plus years as a Glencoe volunteer firefighter, it’s the people they helped and their fellow firefighters that mattered the most.
Earlier this month, Jamie Voigt and Jim Schroepfer Jr. retired. Voigt turned in his pager with 21 years of service to the department, Schroepfer with 20. Both men will be allowed to keep the helmets they wore as firefighters. Voigt will use his turn out gear when burning brush in his job with Glencoe Public Works.

As it prepares to formally consider an ordinance restricting the number of advisory boards and commissions a citizen may serve on, the Glencoe City Council discussed plans to adjust the landscape of membership on an advisory body.
Meeting in a workshop session Monday afternoon, Jan. 13, the city council discussed Councilor Milan Alexander’s proposals to limit the length of terms from five years to three, limiting the number of terms a person may serve and end the practice of automatically renewing a person’s membership on an advisory board at the end of the first term.

Randy Hahn, 55, of St. Cloud, formerly of Glencoe and Plato, passed away Saturday, Jan. 11, at his home in St. Cloud.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
The Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe is handling the arrangements. Its website is www.mcbridechapel.com and it hosts obituaries and guestbook information.