Articles

Incinerator expansion plan goes smoothly

There wasn’t any public outcry at a special meeting Tuesday night about the addition of a third combustor at Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management (PDSWM).

District 206 completes H1N1 vaccine clinics

There may not have been a lot of action taken, but Alexandria School District 206 board members were busy at their regular meeting Monday night.

Accident waiting to happen?

A teenager, who just left school, decides he wants to go to a friend’s house instead of going home.

• Texting while driving

County hears about homeless problem

Homelessness, increased fees for food, beverage and lodging licenses, the floodplain ordinance and law enforcement center were all topics at Tuesday’s regular Douglas County Board Meeting.

Fallout lingers from CLRSD plan: Township residents are stuck with paying preliminary costs

Even though the Central Lakes Region Sanitary District (CLRSD) dissolved nearly six months ago, it’s still affecting those living in the six Douglas County townships that were once part of the district.

Townships address CLRSD costs

Here’s how the other townships that were once part of the Central Lakes Region Sanitary District (CLRSD) are handling the project’s debt.

Improvments await Kensington Runestone Park

If you visit Kensington Runestone Park in the next couple of years, you will probably see some changes.

Here's how to help victims of abuse

Help. It seems like an easy enough word to understand. If a child falls down and scrapes his knee, a parent will help by putting on a Band-Aid.

Did you hear the one about the librarian? After nearly 28 years, she's checking out

With all the stories she has heard from all the people she has met, Trish Conroy thinks she should write a book. And she’ll have plenty of time to do it now. This Friday is her last day of work as the librarian of the Douglas County Public Library.

• Trish Conroy

Flu bug bites schools

It’s being talked about at coffee shops, card clubs, church groups, day cares, between family members, in schools, on the news, over the radio and in the newspaper.

Columns

Column - A new reporter in town?

I think I might have some competition in the world of writing. Before the school year ended, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Alexis Habberstad, who attends Brandon Elementary School.

Column – Blessed with a teenager

The other day, while sitting at my computer pondering what I was going to write about, I asked my son if I could write about him. Thinking he would be embarrassed to have his mother write about him in the newspaper, I kind of asked as a joke.