Goodhue County
Goodhue County Board meets new head of Cannon River Watershed Partnership
May 31, 2017
Alan Kraus, the Conservation Program manager for the Cannon River Watershed Partnership, was in attendance at the May 16 Goodhue County Board meeting.
He explained that he had moved to Minnesota a year and a half ago, after living on a dairy farm in central Wisconsin for 25 years.
He explained...
Goodhue County expands sealcoat project
May 31, 2017
Goodhue County Public Works has an unusual problem. There were $288,000 budgeted dollars that were not awarded in this year’s seal coating contract.
At the May 16 Goodhue County Board meeting, Public Works Director Greg Isakson explained that their estimates were below what they had budgeted....
Sentence to Serve costs rise in Goodhue County
May 31, 2017
Goodhue County commissioners voted 4-1 on May 16 to renew its two-year contract with Sentence to Serve despite a 6 percent cost increase each of the next two years.
Captain Brian Coleman, Goodhue County jail administrator, told commissioners there is a substantial increase, just over $37,000, in...
Public Works Director: Goodhue County's roads under-funded by millions
May 31, 2017
Goodhue County Public Works Director Greg Isakson informed the Board that if Goodhue County were to rebuild all its roads when they are 50 years old, based on what they’ve been doing for the last five years, the county would be underfunding its program by the tune of $10 million.
If Goodhue County...
Kenyon students hear about teacher's legacy at county board meeting
May 18, 2017
Goodhue County Board Chairman Ron Allen thanked former long-time Commissioner Dan Rechtizgel for inviting the County Board to hold its’ once a year meeting on May 2 in Kenyon.
Rechtzigel responded, “It is always nice for my class to be here, as students are required to have a local government...
Goodhue Commissioners eye savings as they update hiring policy
May 18, 2017
Goodhue County Human Resource Director Melissa Cushing discussed a new report at the May 2 meeting that includes suggested changes to the county’s hiring policy, as well as an updated approval-to-hire form, and the human resources check list they had talked about at the last meeting. She asked the...
Goodhue County Commissioners decline to lobby for building code changes
May 18, 2017
Goodhue County Commissioner Barney Nesseth was on a mission to rectify building code costs at the May 2 County Board meeting.
He told his fellow commissioners that, as he went through the building codes and looked at the cost of living, he noticed that the code costs are negatively impacting the...
Several factors add up to a housing shortage in Goodhue County
May 18, 2017
By Sandy Hadler
Correspondent
Buffy Beranek and Joe Wheeler from Southeastern Minnesota Multi-County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (SEMMCHRA), and Ron Zeigler of Community Economic Development Associates attended a Goodhue County Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, May 2, after the...
Make it OK plans free dinner, movie
May 18, 2017
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Goodhue County Make It OK campaign is celebrating with a free dinner and showing of the movie “Inside Out.”
The family friendly event will be May 23 at the Sheldon Theater in Red Wing. Doors open and dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. A brief introduction to...
Historical Society to offer tombstone preservation
May 10, 2017
On Saturday, May 20, the Goodhue County Historical Society will host “Save Your Stones,” a tombstone preservation workshop co-sponsored by Red Wing Community Education. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and includes a presentation by “Save Your Stones” founder Jarrod Roll, followed by a...
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