Dassel-Cokato High School is hosting a Parenting Symposium Monday, April 17 at the school’s Performing Arts Center (PAC).
The event begins at 5 p.m. with a free dinner; speakers will follow from 5:45 to 8 p.m.
Topics to be discussed include: vaping and THC; social media; parenting today; and mental health.
A resource fair is also part of the event, and it will be available from 5 to 8 p.m.
The symposium is made possible in part by a grant from Meeker County.
Toby Jo Birr, 46, of Dassel, was killed this morning, in a motor vehicle collision on US Hwy. 12, according to the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP). The incident happened at 7:29 a.m.
Birr was driving a 2004 Ford Taurus eastbound on US Hwy. 12, and Alexander Philip Rosenberger, 30, of St. Cloud, was also driving eastbound in a 2018 Ford F59 Box Truck. MSP reported the vehicles collided near Keats Ave. SW. Rosenberger was not injured.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, and alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office, Howard Lake Fire Department, Howard Lake Police Department, Howard Lake EMS, Ridgeview EMS, and Cokato EMS responded to the scene.
Paul Charles Volness, 64, of Cokato, sustained life-threatening injuries in a vehicle crash that took place at the intersection of Hwy. 15 and Meeker Cty. 18 in Collinwood Township Tuesday at approximately 5:15 p.m., according to the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP).
MSP reported Volness was driving a 2007 Saturn Vue traveling westbound on Meeker Cty. 18 when he collided with a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Shane Donald Pitzl, 44, of Annandale who was driving northbound on Hwy 15.
Volness was not wearing a seatbelt, and was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Dassel Fire and Rescue, and Allina Ambulance responded to the scene.
Due to the impending weather, Herald Journal Publishing has decided to release the online versions of our weekly newspapers early Thursday, Feb. 23.
So if you subscribe to the Herald Journal, Delano Herald Journal, or the Enterprise Dispatch, you will soon be able to spend your time curled up at home with a warm blanket, reading all of the great stories we have for you.
Unfortunately, due to the weather, the print copy of the newspaper will be delayed by one day. We apologize for this inconvenience.
Our offices will be closed Thursday, Feb. 23, and reopen Friday, Feb. 24.
