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Wabasha County Herald

by Ruby White The 2016 Street Improvement Project is moving along on schedule. City Engineer Brian Malm told the City Council at their meeting last Tuesday evening that the project is expected to...
You might wonder why I, or anyone, would want to spend three or four 12 to 14-hour days volunteering at the Shrine Circus. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Well, if you got to experience what we do, as...
This simple sign was found on the North Shore Drive and the River Road between La Crosse and St. Paul designating the Missisippi River Scenic Highway. —State of Minnesota file
by Michael Smith The details in Wikipedia’s log titled “U. S. 61 Minnesota Route” begins as follows: “U.S. Highway 61 is Minnesota’s most storied and scenic highway. Its historic route winds...
As has been reported numerous times in County Board stories over the past few months, a County Tax was approved last fall and would be put into effect this spring. That one half of one percent tax...

Mondovi Herald-News

The Eleva-Strum School Board on Monday night approved contracts with outside vendors for transportation and custodial services.
  by Beth Kraft   Following difficult, and sometimes heated, conversations over the past few months about hiring vendors to handle transportation and custodial tasks for the Eleva-Strum School...
Mondovi students headed for their school buses after class on Monday afternoon. School officials and local authorities recently discovered that state law only requires school buses to be stopped with their red lights flashing when picking up and dropping off students on area roads. Bus stop arms are still used, but motorists can be ticketed for passing a stopped school bus before the stop arm has deployed.
  by Beth Kraft   It’s relatively common knowledge that passing a stopped school bus is illegal—and punishable by a hefty fine—but a recent incident in Mondovi led to further clarification of current...
A barn southeast of Mondovi that had been converted into a storage shed burned to the ground on Saturday afternoon, April 9. The remains of the building were later covered over to prevent the fire from reigniting.
  A 60 x 90-foot barn that had been resided with metal is considered a total loss after the building caught fire on Saturday afternoon, April 9. According to Mondovi Fire Chief Steve Anderson, the...
MPD Chief Scott Smith
  by Beth Kraft   Some results from the April 5 election that were deemed “unofficial” at press time last week have been updated to reflect ballot totals reported from all precincts. On the Eleva-...
Mondovi fifth-grader Ava Heike (center right) was the grand prize winner of a statewide fire/burn safety student poster contest sponsored in part by the PFFWCF Alliance for Fire Safety. Heike received her award-winning poster in a frame and a $100 Kohl’s gift card from PFFWCF rep Jenna Jordan (center left) on March 18. She was also congratulated by Jim Rud (left) and Steve Anderson (right) of the Mondovi Fire Department.
  by Beth Kraft   When Ava Heike created a poster illustrating what to do in case of a fire for a fire safety poster contest, she never expected her comic strip-style depiction to win the top honor...
Mondovi Lions Club member Galen Hagen was recently named the recipient of the Louie Gardipee Distinguished Service Award for 2016, as announced at the Lions District Convention on March 19.
  by Beth Kraft   Mondovi Lions Club member Galen Hagen recently received a rare honor reserved for only the most dedicated of Lions members. Hagen, who has served the Mondovi Lions Club for the past...

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