Subscribe to The Echo Press

The Official Newspaper of Douglas County!

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.

RELATED CONTENT

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.

RELATED CONTENT

School referedum passes in Brandon district, fails in WCA

Voters in Brandon approved two school referendum measures Tuesday. It was another story in the West Central Area Schools District where voters narrowly rejected a tax increase for additional funding.

RELATED CONTENT

Black and white and read all over - including in schools

Black and white and read all over - including in schools

Extra, extra! Read all about it. Young people are doing just that in their classrooms through the Newspapers in Education (NIE) program.

RELATED CONTENT

Get ready to stuff a truck

Get ready to stuff a truck

Calling all students: Food needed for ninth annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive.

RELATED CONTENT

MnDOT reminds residents to repair or replace damaged mailboxes, posts

If you have an old or damaged rural mailbox or one supported by an illegal structure, now is a good time to repair or replace it before the ground freezes, advises the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

RELATED CONTENT

Length of jobless benefits is reduced to 72 weeks

The U.S. Department of Labor has certified that the state is no longer eligible for the final tier of extended federal unemployment benefits. As a result, the potential number of weeks of jobless benefits available must be reduced from 79 to 72.

RELATED CONTENT

Proposal would move state primary election to August in 2010

Minnesotans may be heading to the polls a month earlier next year to cast their vote in the state’s primary election.

RELATED CONTENT

Lake turnover - how and why does it happen?

Lake waters turnover in the fall and spring. The reasons for the turnover are water density and air temperature. Water is most dense (heaviest) at 39º F (4º C). As the water temperature increases or decreases from 39º F, it becomes increasingly less dense (lighter).

RELATED CONTENT

New EPA rules on renovations, repair and painting impacts many

The New EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule 40 CFR Part 745, Part II, Lead will affect building owners, property managers, contractors including painters, renovators, plumbers, electricians, handymen/women, specialty contractors and maintenance persons at schools, multi-housing complexes, and homeowners of pre-1978 homes.

RELATED CONTENT

How to get a better financial aid package

College costs have become an enormous outlay for every family, and they seem to rise by larger amounts every year.

RELATED CONTENT

Police/Sheriff Blotter - 11-06-09

RELATED CONTENT

High School page program offers students inside look at Legislature

Minnesota is known throughout the country as a model of civic engagement and citizen involvement.

RELATED CONTENT

Red Cross offers CPR, first aid training

West Central Minnesota Chapter of the Red Cross is offering the following courses for the month of November: CPR adult, infant and child, first aid, CPR refresher and CPR for the professional rescuer refresher.

RELATED CONTENT

Striking up a scary good time

Striking up a scary good time

The annual “Battle of the Businesses” bowling fundraiser for the Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce brought out some friendly competition and some fiendish fun at Garden Center Friday night, Halloween Eve.

RELATED CONTENT
View More News Articles