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Two department heads will receive reprimands
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Two county department heads face reprimands following a pair of closed meetings held by commissioners on August 24. A third investigation cleared another supervisor of any wrongdoing.
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2010 state ranch rodeo will be held in Caledonia Sept. 11 & 12
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Jason Crouch of Spring Grove closes in on a calf during a “doctoring” competition held recently in Caledonia. This will be one of the competitions that will be part of the 2010 State Ranch Rodeo that will be held in Caledonia this next weekend. Jason is riding “Dakota” as he prepares to throw his rope. Photo by Craig Moorhead
Mark your calendar. On Sept. 11 and 12 the 2010 Minnesota State Ranch Rodeo Finals will be held in Caledonia.
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Up Clothes and Personal opens Sept. 1
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Kelly Meyer, at left and Karen Ness stand by a rack of kid’s clothing at their new shop, Up Clothes and Personal, holding new sunglasses. Photo by Craig Moorhead
On Sept. 1 parents in the Caledonia area will have a brand new place to shop. Up Clothes and Personal, featuring name-brand consignment kids’ clothes, baby equipment and toys, will open at 118 South Kingston, the former Schroeder Jewelry location, next to The Pine Cone Place.
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School maintenance staff keeps busy this summer
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Caledonia High School hallways shine just prior to the start of the school year.
Photo by Craig Moorhead
You might think things would be quiet in our local schools between spring and fall, but that’s just not the case. “It’s busy,” Caledonia Schools Maintenance Director Bill Woolley said in the third week of August. “Especially this time of year when it’s getting down to a kind of a crunch.
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Brownsville home destroyed in Sunday morning blaze
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A fire destroyed the Terry Bills home, 9518 Highway 26, Brownsville, Sunday morning.
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County settles on furniture contract for justice center
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County commissioners approved a furniture contract for the new Justice Center on Aug. 24. Henricksen, an office furniture supplier located in Minneapolis, won the bid on five of seven project categories, including seating, tables, storage, desking and panel systems. Justice Center Project Manager David Prachar said that two categories, miscellaneous and refurbishment, “essentially were not bid or the bids came in wrong.”
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Health Awareness Month at Kids Corner
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Kids Corner teamed up with Houston County Public Health to do a Health Awareness Month at Kids Corner. Each Wednesday, they have someone from Public Health come in to talk to the kids about being healthy. Public Health is doing this as part of the SHIP grant they received. Above: Back row, l to r: Abby Schwartzhoff, Kaitlin Conniff, Mitchell Gavin, Tanner Conniff, Matthew Gavin, Amber Conniff, Megan Schwartzhoff, Ally Jilek. Row 2: Emma Stemper Theron Hammell, Joey Hammell, Grace Myhre, Caleb Conniff, Isaac Blocker, Styrk Myhre, Connor Klug. Row 3: Parker Ranzenberger, Hunter Goetzinger, Libby Jilek, Camryn Klug, Tristen Meyer, Grayson Staggemeyer, Carson Klug. Front row: Will Allen, Carlie Halverson, Karsen Klug, Merik Allen, Bella Stemper. Photo by Zach Thomas
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City council sets preliminary tax levy for 2011 at $658,290
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The Caledonia City Council set the preliminary levy for 2011 at $658,290. The action was taken during the Aug. 23 council meeting. Just like last year, the state set a levy limit increase of 3.9 percent for local governments. But the state also allowed for cities to recoup the amount of state aid (LGA) withheld in 2010.
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