Park Construction, general contractor for the Highway 12 project, will be shutting off the water in the area of 405 and 407 River Street South Apartments on Thursday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon for a scheduled connection of a new water main. Please adjust your routines and schedules to coincide with this temporary interruption.
If you have any questions, please contact Ed Williams, Foreman for Delano Municipal Utilities at (763) 972-0557 or Al Johnson, Construction Supervisor for Park Construction at (763) 238-9148.
West Metro Business and Craft Expo Sat.
The West Metro Business and Craft Expo is set to take place Saturday,
May 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orono Discovery Center in Maple
Plain.
The event will feature more than 50 exhibitors, free admission, food,
a magician, face painters, a visit from a fire truck, raffle prizes,
and speaker presentations.
For more information, call (763) 972-1282 or e-mail rebecca@definemarketing.com
A high voter turn-out at the polls Tuesday yielded the passage of question one of the two-question ballot for the Delano School District Tuesday.
Question one, which asked voters for funds to acquire land for a grades 4-6 building, passed with 1,782 in favor of, and 1,304 against.
Question two, which asked voters for funds to construct the grades 4-6 building, failed with 1,694 voting against it, and 1,388 voting in favor of it.
Park Construction, general contractor for the Highway 12 project, will be shutting off the water in the area of Third Street South (from Franklin Avenue to Highway 12) Wednesday, April 23, 2008 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. for a scheduled connection of a new water main. Please adjust your routines and schedules to coincide with this temporary interruption.
If you have any questions about the water shut off, contact Al Johnson, Construction Supervisor for Park Construction at (763) 238-9148 or Ed Williams, Foreman for Delano Municipal Utilities at (763) 972-0557.
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In other Highway 12 news, at the construction meeting for the public Tuesday morning, MnDOT officials said MnDOT feels an alternate truck route for through truck traffic is necessary, and is looking at alternate routes and communicating with road authorities to establish the route.
A discussion also took place about the intersection of Highway 12 and Bridge Avenue in the area of Absolute Automotive, and issues were noted from that area.
Submit your items for the Happenings column of each week’s Delano Herald Journal via e-mail to delano@heraldjournal.com.
Items can also be sent via fax to (763) 972-1029, mail at PO Box 498, Delano, MN 55328, or by calling (763) 972-1028.
The Delano Boy and Cub Scouts will be going door-to-door collecting food Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon.
All food and monetary donations will go to the Delano Helping Hands Food Shelf.
For more information, contact Geoff Gruba, scoutmaster of Troop 273, at (763) 972-2553.
The Loretto Knights of Columbus will be hosting a pancake breakfast Sunday, April 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the parish center of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
The breakfast is open to the public, with a free-will offering being collected.
Spring seminars at Flower Farm by Otten Bros.
Flower Farm by Otten Brothers is offering several instructional seminars this weekend.
Seminars are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, and include information on fountain construction, pruning, green living, and right plant-right place with a professional landscape designer.
The sessions go from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day at The Flower Farm by Otten Bros., located west of Delano on Highway 12.
For more information, call (763) 972-2311.
