These last two years as the children’s librarian of the Litchfield Public Library have been full of joy, music, laughter and so many smiles. I’ve been so fortunate to get to know wonderful families in this community and to provide them with opportunities for their kids to have fun.
Congress went back into session after its summer recess on Sept. 9 with a full plate of competing demands. With the fall elections less than two months away, members want to walk away with some accomplishments — but not spend much time achieving them. Or as Roll Call put it, they want “to get out of Washington as quickly as possible while doing just enough to avoid a government shutdown.”
20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF SEPT. 30, 2024 A Lakeville man was injured Sunday when a gun accidentally discharged while he and his son were hunting near Dassel. According to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, whose deputies responded, Stephen Hamrick, 48, was accidentally shot in the right leg with a 20-gauge shotgun held by his 12-year-old son.
Ever wonder how long it would take to drive about 30 mph from the Canadian border to New Orleans? The answer is about 30 days and it’s happening during October when the Military Vehicle Preservation Association, in cooperation with the Jefferson Highway Association, convoys the Jefferson Highway, a 2,500-mile stretch of road that dates to the 1920s. More than 30 privately owned vehicles are expected to participate.
Meeker County Board members received an update during their Sept. 17 meeting on Xcel Energy’s proposed Minnesota Energy Connection, a 180-mile transmission line, which will pass through the county on its way from southwestern Minnesota to the Sherco plant in Becker.
Meeker County commissioners approved the 2025 preliminary budget and levy last week that includes a 3.5% levy increase over the current year. The preliminary levy was set at $17,415,859, while the budget for 2025 will be about $52 million.
More to the Story On a hillside, about a halfmile northeast of the Little Bighorn River in Montana, is a cluster of stone markers. The markers are strewn in no order other than to mark the spot where men from the 7th Cavalry fell at the Battle of Little Bighorn June 28, 1876.
The following schedule is for Sept. 27-Oct.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (09/26/24). Investigate and explore new territory this year.