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County Board hires public health agency coordinator

06/24/2015 - 9:23am

Dave Pedersen

Jennifer Hauser was appointed as the new McLeod County Public Health Agency coordinator by the Board of Commissioners at its June 16 meeting. When the position first opened, the county considered different ways to re-structure the job. When there was not a lot of interest, especially internally, the board went back to fill the original job description. Hauser previously worked for the county...

Medical examiner investigated 183 deaths in 2014

04/15/2015 - 8:44am

In 2014 McLeod County experienced a 9 percent decrease in deaths that were investigated by the medical examiner’s office, reported Chief Medical Examiner Dr. A. Quinn Strobl at the April 7 Board of Commissioners meeting. The total of 183 death cases compared to 204 in 2013, 178 in 2012, 152 in 2011 and 183 in 2010. Strobl said 45 cases...

Jail project heads back to architect’s drawing board

04/08/2015 - 9:51am

After construction bids for the McLeod County Jail expansion project were opened last week, it was learned they were more than $2 million over estimates. A workshop was conducted after the board of commissioners’s meeting Tuesday, April 7, that included the commissioners, attorney and officials from the law enforcement community. Project...

County re-establishes K-9 program

04/01/2015 - 9:36am

McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehmann asked the McLeod County Board of Commissioners to re-establish a K-9 dog program to help with narcotics detection and patrol tracking at its Tuesday meeting. The board voted to move forward with a job description for the dog handler. After negotiation with the union, a final proposal will be brought to the...

City, township officials to meet to discuss county trail committee

03/25/2015 - 6:49am

The next step to establish a McLeod County trails advisory committee will be at a meeting of people representing all the cities and townships in the county set for Tuesday, April 7, at 1 p.m., at the county courthouse in Glencoe. The meeting was requested by County Parks Director Al Koglin at the March 17 Board of Commissioners meeting in order...

Lindeman honored for 54 years of township service

03/25/2015 - 6:48am

The McLeod County Board of Commissioners opened the March 17 meeting with recognition of Lester Lindeman, who will be retiring from the Penn Township Board of Supervisors after 54 years of service. Paul Wright, county board chair who presented the certificate of appreciation, said Lindeman was first elected to the board in March 1961, most of...