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Southwest Minnesota receives disaster declaration

May 3, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

Federal aid will cover 75 percent of costs incurred
WORTHINGTON President Barack Obama on Friday signed a presidential disaster declaration for Nobles, Rock, Jackson, Murray and Cottonwood counties after an April 9 ice storm snapped thousands of power poles and thousands more trees. Continue Reading

Editorial: Need for disaster declaration is clear

April 29, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

While we’ve known for more than two weeks that damage from April’s ice storm and subsequent snowstorm was significant, it has now been officially quantified. Continue Reading

Region works to recover

April 12, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

Ellsworth battling water woes; other communities strive to return to normalcy
WORTHINGTON Area counties are hard at work cleaning up fallen limbs and trees following this week’s ice storm and snowstorm, and power companies continue reducing the number of residents without electricity. Continue Reading

“Mysterious Minnesota” author to visit Windom

January 16, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

Writer to appear in signing event Friday at Cottonwood County Historical Society
WINDOM Adrian Lee, a London native and recently published author of “Mysterious Minnesota: Digging up the Ghostly Past at 13 Haunted Sites,” will host a book-signing and presentation Friday at the Cottonwood County Historical Society, 812 Fourth Ave., Windom. Continue Reading

Minnesota DWI arrests on the decline

January 15, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

December stats for regional counties below state’s average
WORTHINGTON After a month of enhanced DWI enforcement, the Minnesota Department of Safety (DPS) reported a decrease in the number of arrests in December compared to DWI arrests in the same month of 2011. Continue Reading

Windom group to participate in Worldwide Candle Lighting service

December 7, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

WINDOM The Windom chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF) will be participating in the 16th Worldwide Candle Lighting service to remember children who have passed away. Continue Reading

Worthington’s Wietzema takes judicial oath of office

November 22, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

Attorney has spent last 15 years as public defender
WINDOM More than a dozen judges were in a Cottonwood County courtroom Wednesday afternoon to welcome a new addition to the bench in service to Minnesota’s Fifth Judicial District. Continue Reading

District Court judge Bruce Gross stepping down from bench after 23 years

August 2, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

Duties as senior judge to be assumed Monday
WINDOM Perhaps because of his strong love of hunting and the outdoors, Judge Bruce Gross has always referred to his regular circuit of county courtrooms as his “trap line.”
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Minnesota candidate filings completed

June 5, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

Candidates ready to run for political office
WORTHINGTON Tuesday marked the last day of political filings for federal, state and county offices and other offices in municipalities and school districts that have primaries. The candidate withdrawal period ends Thursday at 5 p.m. Continue Reading

Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office makes cocaine arrest

May 11, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

WINDOM The Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office and their drug task force has had a busy couple of months, which has culminated in several arrests for illegal drug sales. Continue Reading