DC Drumline placed ninth out of 14 at state preliminaries last weekend. The team will go on to state finals at the Target Center Saturday. This will be their last show. The show starts at 4 p.m., with DC playing at 5:55 p.m. Shown is Jordan Struthers, as a city police office, on tenors.
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Six to eight inches of snow will hit the entire area, with the National Weather Service issuing a strong travel advisory warning. The snow will begin Monday morning 7 a.m. and end late into the evening. Continue reading ‘Heavy snow Monday — travel advisories in effect’
Thanks to some generous contributors and the Minnesota Disaster Relief Association, the Cokato Area Food Shelf has found a new home. Currently located in the basement of Elim Mission Church in Cokato, the food shelf will now be more accessible and have more space in the former Mike’s Transmission building - 395 Broadway South. The food shelf will be sharing part of the building with the local nonprofit volunteer service organization, Minnesota Disaster Relief. This will be a storage space and base for them, as well as a loading site for disaster relief trips like Hurricane Katrina.
A 69-year-old Dassel man was arrested Thursday and is facing possible charges of making terroristic threats, according to KDUZ Radio. Meeker County officials say at about 12:19 Thursday afternoon they took a complaint from the Meeker County Treasurer’s Office that an individual had made threats by phone in regards to his property tax statement. After investigating, a 69-year-old Dassel man was arrested. The suspect was taken to the Meeker County Jail, pending a court appearance.
The Dassel City Council listened to a proposal last Monday from Larry Oberg that a steak and seafood supper club, serving wine with dinner, and including a health bar, is planned for Dassel. The supper club does not have a location yet. The developer doesn’t want the restaurant to be larger than 5,000 square feet so he doesn’t have to install a sprinkler system, Oberg said.
Also, the restaurant won’t open until 4 p.m. It won’t compete with existing restaurants serving breakfast, he said.
Submitted by Susan Marco: In some of the toughest competition of the speech season, D-C competed at the annual Fiesta tournament at Mankato East High School on March 15th. Twenty-three teams were there to prepare for eventual sub-sections and section competitions. Amanda Imberg, senior, double entered and competed in two categories in which she was able to final in both. She placed 3rd in Drama and took the 1st place trophy in Creative Expression. Continue reading ‘DC Speech goes to 2AA Sections April 5′
Monday will feature light snow and rain during the day for the Wright and Meeker counties area, changing over the heavy snow Monday night into Tuesday, with an estimated six inches falling at that time.
Urgent - Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 301 PM CDT Sun Mar 16 2008 Continue reading ‘Winter storm advisory: snow/rain Mon., heavy snow Tues.’
Participants at the annual Dassel Township meeting Tuesday were threatened that there were “guns at the meeting,†according to Meeker County Sheriff Mike Hirman.
While the Dassel Township Board of Supervisors was meeting at the Universal Laboratories building in Dassel, the wife of Supervisor Erhard Woetzel received a phone call at home about 8:40 p.m. for him.
An adult male voice asked for Woetzel. When the caller was told Woetzel was at the meeting, the caller responded to the effect, “Oh no! He should have stayed home, because there will be guns at the meeting,†according to Hirman.
Meeker County deputies responded to the building at 901 1st St. N., and a deputy was posted at the meeting. Deputies also searched the building and grounds, and another deputy was posted outside the building.
The meeting continued without incident.
The matter is being actively investigated by the sheriff’s office. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff’s office at (320) 693-5400, or toll free at (866) 333-3366, the TIP line at (320) 693-5411, or at the county’s web site, www.co.meeker.mn.us, according to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office.
A driver from Litchfield rolled his vehicle March 5 after hitting a patch of ice south of Dassel.
Brent Nowak of Litchfield was driving north in his 2000 Ford Ranger on Meeker County State Aid Highway 14. His Ranger slid on a patch of ice near CSAH 18, and turned sideways. When the vehicle hit dry tar, it rolled into the ditch.
There were no injuries, according to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office.
Now open is the School Days Exhibit at the Dassel Area Historical Society. Here, visitors can take a trip down memory lane of their own days spent at country school or learn a bit of what it was like for students and teachers who did. The exhibit is open during the museum’s regular hours – Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Julie Lindquist, museum director, invites others to share their memories and photos from rural schools and also to help with identifying people in the photos on display.
