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Meeker County working to open CSAH 15

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Kristen Miller
on April 12, 2011
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DASSEL, MN  – Meeker County Aid Highway 15 is temporarily closed between 190th and 200th streets after it was found to be unsafe after the recent rainfall, according to Ron Mortenson, highway engineer. The county is currently working on repairing a culvert that appears to be the cause of the excess water along the roadway.

Erickson named Miss Cokato

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Kristen Miller
on August 10, 2010
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web14COKATO, MN – The 2010-11 Cokato Corn Carnival Royalty are Miss Cokato Maddie Erickson, Princess Tessa Lundeen, and Princess Sarah Nelson. Nelson along with Brilynn Janckila were named Miss Congeniality. Pictured is Lundeen, Erickson, and Nelson.

Hutchinson Technology plans to reduce costs by about $25 million by end of fiscal 2010

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Starrla Cray
on July 27, 2010
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McLEOD COUNTY, MN – Hutchinson Technology Incorporated today reported a net loss of $18.5 million, or $0.79 per share, on net sales of $77.3 million for its fiscal third quarter. In the preceding quarter, the company reported a net loss of $15.6 million, or $0.67 per share, on net sales of $87.6 million.

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High winds bring down power line in Cokato

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Kristen Miller
on May 5, 2010
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webwindCOKATO, MN – Due to strong winds, the Cokato Fire Department was called out this morning around 9:20 a.m. for a power line down on Johnson Ave.

Xcel Energy was called and the fire department remains on scene until Xcel arrives. Use alternate routes until the area is clear.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for west central and south central Minnesota from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with sustained speeds from 30 to 35 mph and gusts up to 50 mph.

School board agenda reports resignation of Dassel Elementary principal

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Kristen Miller
on April 20, 2010
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DASSEL, MN – The agenda for Thursday’s scheduled Dassel-Cokato School Board  meeting includes a resignation by Dassel Elementary Principal Rob Nudell effective June 30.

Dassel homes evacuated after car hits valve for natural gas line

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Kristen Miller
on April 15, 2010
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DASSEL, MN – Several homes were evacuated Wednesday evening as a result of a car hitting a natural gas line on 700th Avenue in Collinwood Township.

At 8:35 p.m. the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, the Dassel Fire Department, Hutchinson Fire Department, Hutchinson Ambulance, State Fire Marshall, and the Meeker County Highway Department responded to a report of a one-vehicle car crash that hit a natural gas line on 700th Avenue, approximately a quarter mile north of County State Aid Highway 18.

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