The Litchfield City Council has scheduled some future work sessions prior to the regular meetings. The Council will discuss items in its capital improvement plan prior to the October 21st meeting; the budget prior to the November 4th meeting; and staff report prior to the November 18th meeting.
Council Member-at-Large Malinda Larson says the staff report has to do with requests that come in to the City and a form that would be filled out so that Council members are more up-to-speed on what’s being requested. She says the Council had a work session Monday evening after the regular meeting to discuss zoning related to the sale of marijuana, and mailbox maintenance as the City wants to remind residents to make sure their mailboxes are secure prior to snow removal this winter.
Larson says Council Member Eric Mathwig brought up the issue of the legal placement of political signs during Monday’s Litchfield City Council meeting, and reminded people that the signs cannot be placed in the right-of-way of roadways. She says the Council also approved of a pretreatment document for the wastewater treatment plant project which will keep it moving forward – and many more details will be presented on the wastewater project at the October 21st meeting.
Several events are coming up in the public libraries around Meeker County. There are story times and other activities in Litchfield, Dassel, Grove City and Cosmos.
In Litchfield, baby/toddler story time is on Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m.; preschool story time is on Fridays at 10 a.m.; the teen program Dungeons & Dragons will be on October 12th at 1:30 p.m.; the Friends of the Library will have a meeting on October 14th at 4 p.m.; kid’s craft club will be on October 15th from 4-to-5 p.m.; the Mystery Book Club will meet on October 16th at 7 p.m.; Knitting Club will meet on October 17th from 12:30-to-1:30; the Leather Lab will meet on October 19th from 10 a.m. to noon (sign-up required); the adult arts & crafts yarn pumpkin activity is on October 24th at 6:30 p.m. (sign-up required); the TeenTober laser tag will be at Prairie Park October 26th from 7-to-8:30 p.m.; and trick or treating will be held at the Litchfield Public Library October 31st until 8 p.m. For more details, call the Library at 693-2483.
In Dassel, story hour is held on Fridays at 10 a.m.; adult book club will meet on October 23rd at 1 p.m.; and trick or treating will be held on October 31st until 6 p.m. In Cosmos, Pokemon Club meets on Thursdays from 4-to-5:30 p.m.; the Cosmos Creation Club Lego program will meet on October 21st from 2-to-3 p.m.; and trick or treating will be held at the Cosmos Library on October 31st until 6 p.m.
In Grove City, Tooth care story time with Meeker County Public Health will be held on October 14th at 11 a.m.; the ATGC Book Club at the Atwater Library will include an Author event with Kevin Hood (“The Life & Times of Hillbilly Hood”) on October 15th at 7 p.m.; the knitting club will meet on October 17th from 4-to-5 p.m.; the leather lab (sign up required) will be on October 17th from 6-to-8 p.m.; and trick or treating will be held at the Grove City Library on October 31st until 6 p.m.
The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a fatal crash in Meeker County on Tuesday morning at 11:43. It happened on Highway 4 and 535th Avenue in Cosmos Township. A 2001 Ford F150 – driven by 71-year-old David Wilbert Hermel of New Ulm – was northbound on Highway 4, went off the roadway, and into a drainage ditch. Hermel was not wearing a seatbelt. Also responding to the scene were the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Cosmos Fire Dept. and Cosmos Ambulance.
The Litchfield Rescue Squad calendar sweepstakes winners this week include:
Kevin Angier, Matt Kadelbach and Lyle Smith – all of Litchfield, Colleen Magnuson of Superior, WI and Tracey Clouse of Waconia. Each of them will receive $20 from the Litchfield Rescue Squad.
The 2025 Litchfield Rescue Squad calendars are available at KLFD, Litchfield Building Center, Miller Automotive, Ramsey Printing and from any Litchfield Rescue Squad member.
