By Spring Valley EDA – July 19, 2022   There is a colorful new addition welcoming people to downtown Spring Valley! The City of Spring Valley unveiled its new Spring Valley Creek Mural on Monday, July 18th, at the S&S Bait Shop, located at 104 East Main Street in Spring Valley, MN 55975. The Spring…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 11, 2022:   KINGSLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS INVITES SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES TO INFORMATIONAL OPEN HOUSE – HOW DO PUBLICSCHOOLS AND SCHOOL BOARDS WORK FOR YOU?    Kingsland Public Schools is proud to host a FREE informational and educational open house for communities in Southeast Minnesota! How does a school district work for you?…

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Due to the Independence Day holiday, the Kingsland School Board met on July 6 for their monthly “work session.” Superintendent Scott Klavetter highlighted the list of staffing updates, which includes new hires Abagail Palkowski (elementary sped teacher), Nathan Carolan (building and grounds director), Collin Boekhoff (elementary teacher), and John Pereda (high school guidance counselor). It…

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Original article published in the Mower County Independent, Thursday, July 7, 2022.   Reprinted with permission and gratitude. By Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy    “Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day…every other day, every other day of the week is fine, yeah…” Tuesday’s always a little wobbly after Monday, Thursday’s almost the weekend, Friday is devoted to packing…

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  The Spring Valley city council held a regular meeting on June 27.  All council members were present (Mayor Tony Archer, John Dols, Chris Danielson, Luan Ruesink, and Greg Brooks). City Administrator/Clerk Deb Zimmer participated as well. Zimmer shared with the council regarding the city’s enforcement of excessively tall grass and other violations of city ordinances…

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Trustees of the Osterud-Winter Foundation met to approve the semi-annual distribution of $34,100, proceeds from the $1 million trust established for the Spring Valley area by the late John N. Osterud, Founder of Home Federal.  The Trustees approved distributions to the following organizations:   Kingsland School District Scholarship FundSpring Valley Cemetery OrganizationSpring Valley LivingSpring Valley…

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