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Lyon County Board OKs CUP for gravel pit
Tracy Area Headlight Herald Despite some opposition, the Lyon County Board on April 4 approved a Conditional Use Permit to allow Action Rocks, LLC to mine and process sand and gravel on a 15.62-acre tract zoned Agricutlure in Section 14, Township 110 in Coon Creek Township for use on County projects.
Grand Opening of the Lakeview Mall(s)
The Lakeview Shopping Mall was up and running this week for the second grade students in Mrs. Kurowski, Mrs. Enger, and Ms. Geary’s classes. They enjoyed shopping at the toy store, candy store, book store, and restaurant where they practiced multiple diuerent math skills including double digit addition and subtraction, as well as money.
North Star promotions and retirements
Joe Ebnet has been promoted to Claims Representative for the Property/Casualty Claims department. Joe has worked for North Star since March of 2014 and most recently held the position of Assistant Claims Representative.
MPCA reviews proposal to develop new 4,800head swine feedlot in Yellow Medicine County
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today released its environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for a new swine feedlot in Yellow Medicine County. Luke and Melissa Stevens plan to house 4,800 heads of grow-finish or wean-tofinish swine near the town of Hazel Run, on land currently used for row-crop agriculture and surrounded by small residential farms.
From the Editor’s Desk
Last week my son spent the majority of it trying to con - vince me (still) to fly out to New York to be at his Army pro motion ceremony. Alas, it wasn’t a possibility at this time with so much going on here. So when it came time for his ceremony to begin, one of his buddies was kind enough to man the phone so I could watch on FaceTime.
Garrison Keillor and Friends
At least once in your long and delicious life you owe it to yourself to go hear Olivier Messiaen’s “Turangalîla-symphonie” and don’t wait until you’re 80 as I did but finally last week went to hear the New York Philharmonic take us on this wild 90-minute roller- coaster ride in which Catholics are kidnapped and Baptists go Buddhist and you think in French and fly in a formation of geese and get a taste of molecular physics as horses go galloping down the aisles, and in the gorgeous slow passage “Garden of Sleeping Love” you will fall in love forever with the person next to you so be very careful where you sit. I sat next to my sweetheart and after years of thinking I was averse to modern music, here was a hymn to joy and time, movement, rhythm, life and death, with big Wagnerian chords, delicate intervals, a dozen percussionists, a genius pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and we’ve been happily married ever since.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, April 8th: Wood Lake Easter Egg Hunt starts promptly at 10 a.m. at Freedom Park for children ages 2-7. To claim prizes and return eggs, go to the Community Center right after the hunt. *Event has now been moved fully indoors.
Healing Hearts Night at the Barn draws full house Saturday
On Saturday evening, a crowd almost more than the Lee-Mar Ranch Equine Center could hold gathered for the fourth annual Healing Hearts Night at the Barn fundraiser. The event featured a multitude of silent auction items donated by area businesses and organizations - everything from saddles and riding gear, to stays at a local Air BnB.
DNR meets with County Commissioners over process to potentially return State Park land to Upper Sioux Community
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com At Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners, Scott Toemhildt, Regional Director of the Department of Natural Resources South Region Headquarters, and Ann Pierce, of the DNR’s State Parks and Trails Commission were in attendance to talk about the recent Legislation introduced after a request to return the land currently housing Upper Sioux State Park to the Upper Sioux Community.
7,846.50 raised for elementary enrichment, Lakeview board approves updated school calendar
Jody Isaackson Freelance Journalist Lakeview Elementary Principal Boe reported to the school board that the recent elementary fundraiser was a success and they had a profit of $7,846.50 which will be deposited into the elementary enrichment fund. He also mentioned that around $675 was raised by elementary classrooms for the backpack program.