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Kraus-Anderson selected to construct new Alexandria high school
The Alexandria School District hired Kraus-Anderson Construction Company (KA) as construction manager to build a new $65.15 million senior high school that will house 1,400 students.
Friday, June, 22, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Business

Health on the horizon – Douglas County participating in five-county plan
A five-county public health department is being explored by Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens and Traverse counties. The Horizon Community Health Board aims to integrate three public health departments included in the five counties.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Auditioning auditors – Douglas County breaks from traditional procedure
Douglas County commissioners may be rolling the dice with an unconventional request for proposals (RFP) pertaining to the county’s audit arrangement.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

1482610 Public Hearing - Modification of TIF District

Friday, June, 15, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

Funds available for renewable energy projects
Do you and your community need funding to get an energy efficiency or renewable energy project off the ground? The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) can help.
Sunday, June, 10, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Commentary: The minimum wage – 100 years later
June marks the 100 year anniversary of the first minimum wage law passed in the United States. And, while there is nothing new about low-wage work -- we should take this occasion to recognize an even more dispiriting fact about the low-wage workforce: It could have been a thing of the past.
Sunday, June, 10, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

ALASD responds to Lake Winona issue
How does the Alexandria Lakes Area Sanitary District view the Lake Winona/sewage discharge controversy?
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

1471864 Sealed Bids - County Road Work

Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

1471871 Sealed Bids - Lake Oscar Outlet Structure

Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

Water fight on Winona ramps up
A long-simmering controversy over Lake Winona, a sewage treatment plant and how it impacts Alexandria lakes took a new turn this week. The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) and the Lake L’Homme Dieu Association filed suit Tuesday against the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for failure to protect Lake Winona and downstream waters from pollution. The groups say they’re asking the state agency “to do its job” and protect the environment.
Friday, June, 08, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

A controversial John Deere
A decision about a $14,553 mower for the Alexandria Park Department triggered a lengthy debate, a split vote and concerned comments from business people unhappy with the price quoting process. It happened during the Alexandria City Council’s May 29 meeting. Park Director Bill Thoennes asked the council to accept a quote of $14,553 from Midwest Machinery for a 2012 John Deere mower.
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Column - 1912: Automobile owners asked to pay $5 for highway maintenance
JUNE 2002 Wade Grimager of Miltona knows what it is like to “live on the edge.” He recently was just one vehicle away from falling off the Arkansas River Bridge after a barge hit the bridge and sent several vehicles and a 500-foot section of the road into the water.
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Convention Notebook: DFL faces different campaign
he normal way political partisans get fired up is by top-of-ticket contests. But with President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar apparently doing well in Minnesota, those races may not pull as many Democratic volunteers and donors as in other years.
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

State accepting applications for bond funding
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) is accepting applications for capital projects that are eligible for $47.5 million in bond funding approved during the 2012 legislative session.
Sunday, June, 03, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Alexandria’s mower bid process draws cutting remarks
A decision about a $14,553 mower for the Alexandria Park Department triggered a lengthy debate, a split vote and concerned comments from business people unhappy with the price quoting process.
Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

1471864 Sealed Bids - County Road Work

Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

1471871 Sealed Bids - Lake Oscar Outlet Structure

Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

COUNCIL UPDATE: Big plans for The Wharf, housing near new school
Two big developments are seeking a little tax help from the city of Alexandria. One would renovate the former bar-restaurant, The Wharf, into Zorbaz on the Lake – a $1.7 million project. The other one calls to build two, three-story 63-unit apartment complexes on the east side of Knute Nelson’s Grand Arbor development along Pioneer Road in south Alexandria – a project that would add about $8 million worth of property value.
Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Cabin owners lose mineral lease fight, for now
Gus and Amy Axelson brought their sons to the Minnesota Capitol as they fight the exploration for minerals under their northeastern Minnesota land.
Thursday, May, 31, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Changes ahead for county buildings
Douglas County commissioners approved the adoption of a capital improvement plan for 2012-2017, discussed acquisition of the public works building and talked about additions to the sheriff’s office at its May 22 meeting.
Wednesday, May, 30, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

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