MYSTERY, MN – The Enterprise Dispatch web site is hosting a weekly Internet mystery photo contest in which a photo is taken of one of the church page sponsors listed on the church page each week. Thank them for their support of area church activities.
Give it a try; don’t be shy
Anyone who correctly guesses the identity of the photo is added to a monthly drawing for a free subscription to the newspaper. Go ahead and guess! Those who guess correctly first receive bragging rights.
Answers may be e-mailed to Lynda Jensen at news@heraldjournal.com or sent by mail. No phone calls, please.
We’ll publish the correct answer – and the name of the person who first identifies the mystery photo – in next week’s Enterprise Dispatch.
DASSEL-COKATO, MN - The 2008-09 MCA II test results released by the Minnesota Department of Education shows Dassel-Cokato is well above the state average in both math and reading.
In math, DC reached 74 percent proficiency, and in reading, 81 percent profficiency. The state average was 64 percent in math and 72 percent in reading.
DC has also seen a slight increase from the 2007-08 test results where the district tested 71 percent proficient in math and 79 percent in reading. A larger increase can be seen compared to 2006-07 where the district was 57.99 percent proficient in math and 72 percent in reading.
“We continue to increase the spread between Dassel-Cokato and the state average scores,” said Supt. Jeff Powers.
“Overall, we held our own this year. As a district we did not make large gains over the last year, but we did continue to make progress,” he added.
Out of the 341 school districts in the state, there were only 31 districts with higher math scores than DC and 36 in reading, according to Powers.
Powers also reported that the middle school special education sub group made its adequate yearly progress target and therefore has been removed from the AYP corrective action list.
KINGSTON, MN - The Apostolic Lutheran Church of Kingston encourages the community join them at the 101st annual convention of the ALC in St. Cloud.
This series of worship services will begin Thursday, July 9 continuing through Sunday, July 12.
Services will be at the St. Cloud State University Atwood Center each day beginning at 9:40 a.m., 1:40 p.m., and 5:40 p.m.
Meals are available at Garvey Commons. Youth activities are planned each evening.
Speakers from Finland and from across America will bring forth the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Everyone is welcome.
The Enterprise Dispatch office will be closed Friday, July 3 through Monday, July 6 for the Independence Day holiday.
DASSEL, MN – Third Street in Dassel from Highway 12 to Simons Ave., just short of the industrial park, will be the location of a water main upgrade in the spring, according to action by the Dassel City Council this spring. To see a map of scheduled upgrades, click here.
Included in the work will be problematic sections of Pacific Avenue that have been known to cause issues for residents living there. Portions of Pacific feature 4-inch pipes, which are undersized. A new 8-inch water main will be installed. Work will extend from Pacific to Sellards, and from Third St. over to Second St.
Bids have not been let yet, and a timeframe of the work hasn’t been set.
Engineer Chuck DeWolf noted that the city qualified for a 10 percent base grant. The whole project will amount to $600,000, not counting the railroad crossing work. Ten percent of this will be the base grant, with the rest being a low interest loan.
Mayor Mike Scanlon said this money could cover the cost of fixing the railroad crossing, for which the BNSF Railroad is only willing to pay for 10 percent and the city the remaining 90 percent.
DASSEL, MN - On Wednesday, July 1, at noon, Master Gardener Mike Nelson will be hosting a Q & A Session on gardening at the Cokato Community Room.
Bring your sack lunch/brown bag and all your gardening questions! Dessert provided by FOCAL (Friends of the Cokato Area Library).
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