Area News

The Manthey-Asmus Legion Post held its annual flag disposal ceremony last Monday in the city park.   It took approximately one hour to properly dispose of the flags.  Area residents are encouraged to drop off unserviceable (worn) flags at the Gaylord Legion club.  The club also has new flags for sale.

The City of Gaylord, on Monday, hosted a Meet and Greet at the library for city administrator candidates.  Interviews were scheduled for Tuesday.  For more information, see our June 24th edition.

Long-time Sibley East Elementary Principal Mari Lu Martens is retiring at the end of this month. A native of Gaylord, Martens worked as a long-term substitute in third grade and helped with music classes at GFW prior to working at Gaylord and eventually, Sibley East Schools.

Don’t take away my right to vote for the County Auditor-Treasurer. The people spoke in 2014. Trust the public to make informed decisions. Those seemed to be the themes of many comments from the public who expressed opposition to the County Board of Commissioners about the possibility of changing the Auditor-Treasurer’s position from being elected…

Gaylord’s City Council, at its June 2nd meeting, approved granting Conditional Use Permit (CUP) extensions for two solar projects. Sunrise Energy Ventures is planning to construct two solar panel fields directly south of Gaylord. One would be on the east side of State Highway 22 and the other would be on the west side.

It was a record breaking opening week for the Gaylord Area Aquatic Center.  For a complete report on the attendance, see our June 17th edition.

Gaylord’s Music on Main returned Wednesday with a concert in the park.  For a complete list of Music on Main concerts in June, see our print edition.

Traffic came to a stop on Lincoln Avenue Thursday morning as gaggles of geese made their way from the stormwater pond to Lake Titloe.

Manthey-Asmus Legion Post of Gaylord is holding a flag disposal ceremony on Flag Day. The event is planned for Monday, June 14th at 6 p.m. at the veterans’ memorial in the city park. The public is invited to attend. Unserviceable (worn) flags may be brought for the ceremony. In case of rain, the event will…

Sibley County’s Board of Commissioners, Tuesday morning, agreed to select Donald Lannoye as the next county attorney.  Lannoye will replace long-time county attorney Dave Schauer in October.  Lannoye has worked with Schauer Law Office for nearly two decades.  More on this story will be published in our June 17th edition.