County Board hears request for possible veterans memorial
The McLeod County Board of Commissioners considered, but didn’t act on, a proposal to place a veterans memorial on courthouse property in Glencoe.
Commissioner Kermit Terlinden brought the possibility before the County Board at its Oct. 7 meeting, saying that an effort is under way by Glencoe veterans groups to establish a memorial.
Terlinden said one site suggested for the memorial is the open space near the courthouse at the intersection of 11th Street and Hennepin Avenue.
County Attorney Mike Junge noted that the site “is in an area for future expansion of the court system.”
Commissioner Jon Christensen said he isn’t opposed to the county providing a site for a memorial, but that it should be in a place that won’t impede the expansion of the courthouse, even if that expansion doesn’t happen in the near future.
“In 10 years, I’d hate to have to tell them that they have to move their memorial,” said Christensen.
For more, see the Oct. 15 print edition of The Chronicle.