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Ellendale City Council
By SCOTT GROTH
Contributing Writer
The Ellendale City Council met Thursday October 9 with all members present. Also attending the meeting were Eric Hefner, engineer with Bolten & Menk; Russ Goette, maintenance department; and LeeAnn Hojberg, city clerk.
Mayor Roger Swearingen informed the council that FEMA may be helping the city with the pumps in the main lift station. During the rain event this past June the city pumps were overworked. During the annual inspection of the lift station, the firm doing the inspection informed the city that the main pump needed to be rebuilt. The estimate to rebuild the main pump came in around $7,000. Swearingen gave the information to FEMA and they responded that they will either pay for the rebuild or might spring for a new one. FEMA will also help with the second pump in the lift as soon as the diagnosis is done on the pump.
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Cub Scouts fundraiser set for Saturday
Did we miss you at home? The Cub Scouts will be selling popcorn and taking wreath orders at Wagner Foods on Saturday, October 18, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Peggy Sorenson benefit Saturday
A benefit for Peggy Sorenson is set for Saturday, Oct. 18 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Geneva Comunity Center. Peggy was recently diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive type of breast cancer. She has started chemotherapy and will undergo up to 24 treatments, then surgery and radiation. The benefit will feature silent auction, live auction and bake sale.
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By JESSICA LUTGENS
Staff Writer
Phone scams have been around for a long time, and most people these days know that if someone calls offering something that sounds too good to be true, it is. Infamous lines like, “You’ve been specially selected (for this offer),” or offers to lower your debt, mortgage, etc., should be an instant red flag. But with the leaps and bounds technology has taken over the last decade, scammers have gotten more creative, causing more people to fall for these tricks.
One new scam that has affected seniors in our community involves caller ID spoofing technology, which allows scammers to impersonate the phone numbers of local business, neighbors, or even your own phone number.
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By JESSICA NAFE
NRHEG FFA Reporter
There is a new crop in the area this year.
Some members of the NRHEG FFA have been growing pink colored pumpkins this season.
The idea came about from an article in the FFA New Horizons magazine titled “Pumpkins for a Cure.” America’s pumpkin growers created The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation in 2012 to be able to award grants to aid breast cancer research. The article was written about a member of the Holcomb, Kansas FFA chapter who set up a plan for groups like FFA and 4-H to obtain seeds and plant the pumpkins. The groups would then sell the pumpkins and donate 50 percent of the proceeds back to the foundation. There are now about 40 states that have FFA and 4-H chapters involved.
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On September 30, 2014, a criminal complaint was filed in Waseca County District Court charging Bobby Ray Roth Jr., 32, with one count each of 2nd Degree Assault, Terroristic Threats, and two counts of Domestic Assault from an incident alleged to have occurred on the evening of September 28 at an address on N. Broadway Ave.