Windsor Pond 5th Addition Approved, River Rock Gets Loan From Saint Peter

By Robert Lawson Publisher info@nicolletcountyledger.com

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The Saint Peter City Council met on March 13. A Public hearing was held prior to the start of the actual regular council meeting. Ben Baker gave a staff presentation on Windsor Pond 5th Addition.

“It’ll be three things: the final plat, the preliminary plat and the development agreement,” Baker said. Windsor Pond is a 30-acre single family residential neighborhood that was developed just to the east of County Road 20 and just south of Traverse Road. It was developed in 2002. Baker presented the changes in lots over time to the council.

“In the beginning, the lots were a little narrower and the houses were a little tighter,” Baker said.

“Then as the last two phases went on, the lots have become just a little bit bigger as the market has dictated.”

Valley View Land Company was the initial developer that took part in the first two phases, then Mike Volk with Windsor Homes has since constructed the last two phases. He has applied to complete the final phase, the fifth addition.

What’s proposed is ten single family residential patio homes, slab and grade homes with no basement similar to nearby homes. The city engineer and public works have reviewed plans, including traffic and utilities. Windsor Lane will be extended between Traverse Road and Victoria Street to accommodate the project. That would link a gap of 450 feet, according to Baker. Baker presented the plats and aerial view of the proposed construction. The final plat showed the final dimensions of each of the lots of the addition. Mayor Shanon Nowell asked

Man Charged with Murder for North

By Robert Lawson

Publisher info@nicolletcountyledger.com

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Next week will bring warmer weather after some snow or rain showers after Thursday’s cruel windy snow and rain. A winter storm system roared through Nicollet County Thursday and brought cold temperatures with it for Friday. A mix of rain and snow fell in a storm system that reached from the Twin Cities to Worthington and much of Southern Minnesota, just missing areas Southeast by Red Wing, Albert Lea and Rochester, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Winds of more than 50 mph were recorded in the area

Mn Dept oF Ag

Lafayette Ledger

100 Years Ago – Feb. 14, 1920

Miss Anna Ebert is employed as domestic at the Reuben Lund home.

Robert Isenberg, H. E. Hedren and Henry Johnson attended the Oldsmobile dealers’ convention at the Radisson hotel at Minneapolis last week.

John Satterman will erect his saw mill at the John Lund farm two miles northeast from Lafayette. Those who desire to have lumber sawed may haul the logs over there now at any time.

Buttermaker Sjostrom of Klossner transacted business here Monday.

Aug. A. Johnson has bought the former J. P. Sjogren residence on Church Street and will reside there after March 1st.

Alvin Fjell is installing booths in the H. F. Anderson restaurant. This makes a great improvement to Anderson’s ice cream parlor. There will be a greater demand for ice cream hereafter, by the young folks.

Mrs. C. O. Gustafson of St. Peter arrived here Thursday and will stay at the Anton Malmberg home for a while. With her came Curtis Malmberg who has been visiting with grandma Gustafson since Christmas.

Pete and Albert Peterson of Alfsborg have rented the Freeman Anderson farm in New Sweden.

Decorator Fjell is painting John Peterson’s Ford.

The local W.C.T.U. will meet with Mrs. T. F. Bergquist next Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 17.

E. O. Abrahamson and family and Henry Abrahamson visited at the Rudell home at Winthrop Sunday.

Saturday and Sunday with their father, W. C. Milliman, in Bernadotte.

They came here to observe Mr. Milliman’s birthday anniversary, which was on Saturday.

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Those who spent the weekend at the Ambassador Motel in Minneapolis as guests of Land O Lakes were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Berdan, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Swenson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Portner, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Isaacson and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Marti.

Lois Wellnitz of Princeton spent the weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wellnitz.

Those who gathered at the Gerald Forst home Sunday to honor Robert Hamann who is home on furlough, were, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schroeder and family of New Ulm, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Meyer and boys, Mr. and Mrs. Delton Hamann and family, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Bieraugel and Mrs. Rose Hamann.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Maidl and family went to the airport in Minneapolis Wednesday to get their daughter, Diane and Deanna Schmitz, who returned that day from a five day visit at the Tony Cranford home at Metairie, La. They also attended the Mardi Gras at New Orleans while there.

Narve Nelson and Otis Muller returned Monday evening from a week’s fishing at Leech Lake with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Woods of Gibbon.

Forester members from this area who attended the C.O.F. Bowling Tournament at St. Peter Sunday were Gerald, Richard and Ronald Seitz, Alphonse Goblirsch, Jerome Weisensel, Leo Maidl, Marion Bushard and Clarence Maidl.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hatch of Rochester spent the weekend at the Otis Muller home.

St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for a new grant to develop enterprises, supply chains, and markets for continuous living cover crops and cropping systems in the early stage of commercial development.

Continuous living cover (CLC) refers to agricultural systems in which there are living plants and roots in the ground throughout the entire year. This can take many forms, from winter cover crops sown between summer annuals to agroforestry practices, perennial forage crops, perennial biomass crops, and perennial grain production. This includes but is not limited to regenerative poultry silvopasture systems, Kernza® perennial grain, winter camelina, and elderberry.

This one-time funding is provided to the MDA by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

CLC crops have been shown to enhance water and soil quality, sequester carbon, build soil health, and provide greater biodiversity and pollinator habitat. Significant environmental benefits of these crops will result from widespread production, which requires robust value chains and markets.

The goal is to provide grants to CLC crops and cropping systems value chain enterprises for equipment infrastructure and business and market development. For example, this could include customized equipment to harvest the crop, clean and store seeds, and process crops for food products. The intended outcome is supply chain and market development that can increase CLC crops and cropping systems on agricultural lands in Minnesota.

Applicants must:

Be an organization in Minnesota, including a company, government, tribe, urban American Indian Community, partnership, and any type of civil or political association of people.

Focus on continuous living cover.

The MDA anticipates awarding approximately $420,000 using a competitive review process. The maximum award is $50,000, and the minimum award is $10,000.

The Developing Markets for CLC Crops Grant application must be received by 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2023, through the MDA’s online application system. Decisions are expected in early May. For more information and to see the complete request for proposal (RFP), visit the Developing Markets for CLC Crops webpage.