Highway 22 will be detoured from Litchfield to Eden Valley beginning October 6th, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Through traffic will be routed to Highway 24, Meeker County Road 34, and Highway 55 so that crews can replace a culvert just north of 355th Street. The project is expected to be completed by October 17th, depending on weather and other unforeseeable circumstances.
Dragon Week is being observed this week in the Litchfield School District. The week, which traditionally is better-known as homecoming, has included all kinds of daily activities and special sporting events.
Superintendent Susan Burris says there was a volleyball game Tuesday night and there will be swimming this evening and a football game Friday night. She says the coronation is tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 and a dance is scheduled for Saturday evening.
Burris says the Litchfield School Board met on Monday evening and heard a report about the MCA scores from District Assessment Coordinator Steph Hansen, and overall, the results were positive with Litchfield students above the state average in most categories. She says the Board approved of the preliminary levy which will decrease slightly from the previous year and the final levy will be adopted in December.
Burris says the Litchfield School Board approved of a piece of equipment for the Career & Tech Ed Department. She says it will provide students with hands-on learning and they will be able to sell items that they produce with proceeds going back into the program’s fund much like the profits that were made when the construction technology students would build a house each year.
Burris says she provided enrollment information to the Litchfield School Board Monday evening which showed the District gaining 11 students this month compared to last May. She says she also thanked the school board members for their time and service and the LEA provided a light meal for them prior to their meeting.
The Litchfield Rotary Club is in the midst of its annual Rose and Fall Bouquet Sale. You can order a dozen roses or a fall bouquet for just $25 from any Litchfield Rotary Club member.
Litchfield Rotary Club member Tim Swenson says they use the proceeds to help fund all kinds of local projects. He says the roses are available in red or an assorted color bouquet and he usually orders both the roses and a fall bouquet.
Swenson says the flowers will be available to be picked up at Davis Auto Body on East Highway 12 on October 30th and October 31st from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4-to-6 p.m. and on November 1st from 9 a.m. to noon. He says the Litchfield Rotary Club meets on Tuesday mornings at 7 o’clock at the Litchfield Rescue Hall for breakfast and a speaker and new members are welcome.
One of the newest members is Mike Meyer from Edward Jones. He says he was involved in the Hutchinson Rotary Club and he says both clubs have well-attended meetings and attending those meetings is a great way to get to know other people in the community.
Meyer says, besides helping with local projects, the Rotary Clubs get involved internationally with educational projects, digging wells and eradicating polio in third world countries. He says there are posters around Litchfield with information about the rose and fall bouquet sale with the phone numbers of the Litchfield Rotary Club members and you can order flowers from any of them through October 15th.