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February 19th, 2020

McLeod County Parks sets opening date for 2020 season

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 12:13pm

McLeod County Parks will open its campgrounds and shelters Wednesday April 29.
All six parks – Buffalo Creek, (Glencoe), Swan Lake (Silver Lake), Wm. May Park (Winsted), Stahl's Lake (Hutchinson), Lake Marion (Brownton) and Piepenburg (Hutchinson) – will be open 8 a.m. to one hour past sunset. Camping facilities are available at Lake Marion and at Piepenburg parks.

(For the complete story, see the Feb. 19 print edition of The Chronicle.)

Reporting delay could’ve been costly for Stewart Fire Relief

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 12:11pm
By
Jakob Kounkel

A lapse in the Stewart Fire Relief Association’s reporting as required by state statute nearly caused the association $14,014.21 in forfeited federal and state aid to firefighters’ pension fund.
Although the city didn’t lose the federal and state aid dollars, the city council agreed that it was an oversight that shouldn’t have taken place. Mayor Jason Peirce said they were talking about the issue at the council’s February 2020 meeting to give closure to the issue.


Thanks for making me feel welcome; you’re in good hands

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 12:09pm
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By Jakob Kounkel

When I first started with The Chronicle in March of 2018, I told Lori Copler, my first editor at the newspaper, driving into Glencoe everyday was therapeutic. It was a way for me to jump back into an environment similar to that where I grew up in Monticello — small, homey, and community-oriented.


Glencoe Royalty reflect on the year

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 12:06pm
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By Karin Ramige

It was a busy Sunday morning for the Glencoe Royalty, Miss Glencoe Claire Witte and Glencoe Ambassador Isabel (Izzy) Peterson. They had volunteered with the Silver Lake Royalty at the waffle breakfast earlier that morning and then finished an informational open house for prospective candidates and it was barely noon.
Both Witte, a senior at Glencoe-Silver Lake High School and Peterson, a junior at GSL, beamed as they spoke about their experiences so far. The girls were crowned during the 2019 Glencoe Days celebration.


The Chronicle updates its election letter policy

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:56am

Another election season is upon us and the political letters have started to arrive. Over the years, the letters at election time have turned more into advertisement in support or against a candidate or political party. As this trend has continued, newspapers are either charging for election-related letters or refusing them all together.
Letters to the editor are a vital part of a healthy community and we feel even political endorsements provide something for each individual to ponder.


Letter to editor: Fix roads in need before spending on unneeded studies

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:55am

To the editor,
Instead of spending another $75,000 on another study for Morningside Drive project, how about fixing the existing roads in Glencoe? Ford Avenue hasn’t ever been fixed properly.
It is pretty bad when the roads in town are worse than the gravel roads in the country. Something needs to be done.
A disgusted resident,
Linda L. Huff,
Glencoe

Letter to editor: A 300 percent jump in Morningside project can’t be justified

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:54am

Dear editor,
I sat in on a city council workshop at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 10, 2020. The first item on the agenda was the Morningside Avenue update with engineer Justin Black


Letter to editor: We must protect America from Socialist Democrats

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:52am

To the editor,
I would like to share a few heartfelt quotes from President Trump’s very inspiring State of the Union address. I encourage you to read the speech in its entirety for yourself. Please consider what will happen to our country if any one of the Socialist Democrats now running win in November.


Letter to editor: We must protect America from Socialist Democrats

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:52am

To the editor,
I would like to share a few heartfelt quotes from President Trump’s very inspiring State of the Union address. I encourage you to read the speech in its entirety for yourself. Please consider what will happen to our country if any one of the Socialist Democrats now running win in November.


Letter to editor: Help defeat Pelosi and go to your GOP precinct caucus

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 11:51am

To editor,
The last few months, we have watched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drag our country through an unjustified one-party impeachment.
Although she claimed that impeachment was a prayerful and solemn duty, her smiling fist bump with Bill Maher told a different truth. She went on to sign the impeachment articles with 20 commemorative gold pens with her name on them - that taxpayers paid for. Then Nancy Pelosi ripped up the positive uplifting state of the union address from President Donald Trump.