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Sjostrand: ‘It’s all playing in the dirt’
Hallock man practices unique gardening with continual curiosity By Anna Jauhola Just as Mother Nature finds a way, Ron Sjostrand does the same with his garden. The Kittson County native moved back to Hallock nearly two years ago after he spent his working life working with plants in one way or another. Between designing the…
Read MoreTechnology outage had biggest effect on hospital, county operations
By Anna Jauhola A week after a global technology outage, Holly Knutson was still dealing with the aftermath at Kittson Healthcare in Hallock. “We started seeing an issue Thursday evening with our nursing home software,” she said, referring to July 18. “It’s a cloud-based application with Microsoft.” By Friday morning, Knutson, chief information officer, said…
Read MoreKennedy City Council gets heated over June 12 illegal building burn
By Margie Holmgren Several apologies were offered at the Kennedy City Council meeting on Monday, July 15. The apologies stemmed from an unauthorized burn by Kennedy business owner and fireman, Todd Truedson. The fire was set to a building just east of his business, Todd’s Electric, on Wednesday, June 12. He had recently purchased the…
Read MoreBronson dam project bid accepted, state gives the intent to award
By Anna Jauhola Pending a final contract, the state of Minnesota has given an intent to award Ames Construction, of Burnsville, Minn., the dam reconstruction project at Lake Bronson State Park. Ames Construction gave the low bid of $28,492,398.28 and received a score of 500 out of 500 points for the price proposal. Ames also…
Read MoreLancaster accepts city clerk’s retirement notice
By Anna Jauhola The City of Lancaster will soon be on the hunt for a new clerk/treasurer. During its regular meeting on Wednesday, July 10, the council approved Carol Johnson’s retirement notice and several items included in her proposed succession plan. “I just want to thank you for being good council people. I truly do…
Read MoreCouncil addresses concerns, holds off on development agreement for SE addition
By Anna Jauhola The Hallock City Council addressed a letter from one contractor and tabled a decision for another during their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 2. Rodney Bakken, who owns Bakken Construction, attended the council meeting after sending them a letter regarding housing and development within Hallock. With a lack of housing, Bakken said…
Read MoreFarmers Store sold to ND company
By Anna Jauhola Adding the Farmers Store to the Miller’s Fresh Foods group was almost sight-unseen for Jeff Miller. He had heard about the store when it was first built in 1995 as he was a SuperValu retailer at the time. “This always was SuperValu’s new, shiny store model,” he said. Miller’s Fresh Foods, based…
Read MoreSummer intern joins Enterprise staff
Peterson excited for hands-on experience at her local newspaper By Anna Jauhola For years, Miranda Peterson has been spotted in Lancaster with her camera taking shots for friends and family at sporting events. Over the last few years, she has also been known to create posters, cards and logos. “I was just messing around with…
Read MoreWaling does well during first appearance at state golf
By Diane Younggren, coach KCC Bearcat Golfer Kasey Waling made her first appearance at the State Class A Golf tournament held at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker, Minn., on June 11-12. “Kasey’s skills have grown throughout the 2024 season and she definitely brought a positive mindset ready to experience the state meet,” says Coach…
Read MoreKennedy approves moving fire retirement plan to PERA
By Margie Holmgren The Kennedy City Council approved a resolution Monday, June 10 for the Kennedy Fire Department Relief Association to join the statewide firefighter retirement plan through PERA. The council looked over the cost analysis report provided by PERA, which showed the level of risk to the city at different retirement amounts per year…
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