Bob Roepke is right about the advantages of putting a liner in New Germany’s sanitary sewer lines. Roepke advised the city council to get liners at the council meeting last week. It won’t solve all of the inflow and infiltration problems, but it helps a lot. Continue reading ‘Liners will save New Germany residents money’
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MnDOT announced that work on the Highway 7 construction project is set to begin April 14 and be done by Nov. 15. I hope they will be able to stick to this timetable because road construction is extremely inconvenient for everyone. If it takes too long, it can ruin businesses along the road. Continue reading ‘Will Highway 7 resurfacing be done by Nov. 15?’
This mystery photo was taken by Cassie Houston in a public place somewhere in the surrounding communities.
Do you know what it is and where it was taken?
E-mail Cassie Houston at houston7@broadband-mn.com if you know the answer.
Winners will be entered into a monthly drawing for a free one-year subscription to the Herald Journal.
We’ll publish the correct answer – and the name of the person who first identifies the mystery photo – in next week’s HJ Blog.
Last week’s Mystery Photo was corrected guessed first by Mark Ollig of Golden Valley, formerly of Winsted. Last week’s Mystery Photo in the Jan. 21 issue of the Herald Journal was the chicken on the sign in front of V’s Grill in Winsted.
The Herald Journal had a story 1/21 about a horse from Lester Prairie that can’t digest hay. What’s even more remarkable than a horse that can’t eat hay, is how the horse’s owner, Debbie Potts, determined that something was bothering the horse. Continue reading ‘Lester Prairie woman is extraordinarily perceptive’
State Sen. Dick Day, R-Owatonna, is asking legislators to reverse its decision to spend $500,000 on another investigation of the collapse of the I-35W bridge. It’s redundant because the original investigation found it was a design flaw. He said there are 1,200 bridges in the state that can be replaced for less than $500,000 each. Taxpayers would rather have the money go to replace a bridge than waste it on another investigation, he said. Amen to that.
Wright County and Corinna Township seem to be in a dispute over who has final say over planning. It sounds as if Corinna Township wants to do its own planning and zoning. Why? Has Wright County made some bad plans for the township in the past? Is there a specific incident that Corinna Township representatives can point to that shows it is better to have the township do its own planning? The same goes for Wright County. Has the township done something specific in the past that shows it can’t be trusted to do its own planning? The county and township need to be more specific.
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