The Women of Today and the Mountain Lake Police Department are partnering up again for the 2022 Christmas Season with the Cottonwood Christmas Cheer Box. They are asking for donations of new toys, hats, blankets, mittens, games and clothing for family members age 18 and under. There are several drop off locations in Windom, Mt Lake, and other surrounding Communities that can be found on KDOM’s Webpage under Local Headline News and also on Social Media. Donations will be accepted till Wednesday December 7th. If you are a family that would like to apply for a Christmas Cheer Box, Applications are due by Thursday December 1st. If you have further questions or need more information, please contact Monica Muller, Women of Today Chairperson at 831-5932.
Applications for the toy giveaway can be picked up at Family Services, United Community Action Partnership, Sharing Center, Windom Chamber of Commerce, Cottonwood County Churches, Mountain Lake City Hall, Mountain Lake Food Shelf, Jeffers State Bank and First Security State Bank in Storden.
To Donate needed items drop off sites are:
Windom: KDOM Radio Station, Windom Area Senior Citizen Center, Bank of the West, United Prairie Bank, Schwalbach Hardware, Bank Midwest, Leading Edge Credit Union, Windom Area Chamber of Commerce, Good Samaritan Society, St. Francis Xavier Church, Dollar General, Citizen Publishing, Our Savior Lutheran Church, First Methodist Church, Runnings, Windom Area Health, BARC, Iglesia De Dias De in Profecia Church of Prophecy/New Beginnings Church.
OUTSIDE OF WINDOM: Storden– First Security Bank, Jeffers– Jeffers State Bank, Mountain Lake- United Prairie Bank, A&W Restaurant, Dollar General, Peterson Drug, Country Pride and Mt Lake City Hall.
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A Wisconsin industrial cleaning company is accused of illegally using child workers, including one who was 13, to clean meat processing plants in Minnesota and Nebraska.
According to a civil complaint filed by the U.S. Labor Department in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska, Packers Sanitation Services Inc. employed more than 30 children, ages 13 to 17, as cleaners in JBS USA meatpacking plants in Grand Island, Nebraska, and Worthington, Minnesota, and at Turkey Valley Farms in Marshall, Minnesota.
The company is accused of violating federal labor laws by employing at least one worker under 14 to clean a slaughtering and meatpacking plant, employing children under 15 to work overnight shifts during the school year and employing workers under 18 to work on the killing floor and clean power-driven machines. Federal labor law prohibits the use of workers under 18 on killing floors or on mechanized processing equipment because the work is a federally designated “hazardous occupation.”
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On the evening of November 12, the Windom Police K9 Unit was called out to assist the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. They had been involved in a vehicle pursuit that had gone several miles and ended in a field and brush patch. The driver then fled on foot and evaded capture. A perimeter was set up while Jackson County K9 Team and other units attempted to locate the driver, who was suspected to have prior criminal history of drug sales and on pre-trial release for felon in possession. Warnings were given during this time that if the driver didn’t surrender, a K9 would be sent after him and he’d be bitten.
The Windom K9 team assisted on the perimeter as local drone units and the State Patrol Helicopter were also requested. After a few hours of searching, a drone team located the suspect, who started to flee again on foot through an open field. State Patrol Trooper, Jackson County Deputy, and the Windom K9 saw the fleeing suspect and caught up to him. Warnings were given again to stop or a K9 would be sent after him. After running several hundred feet and not giving any sign of surrendering, K9 Bruno was deployed who apprehended the person with a leg bite, allowing officer’s to safely take the suspect into custody. The suspect was transported to the hospital for his injuries and has pending charges through the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Agencies that participated in the arrest were Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, State Patrol, Lakefield Police Department, and the Dickinson County Emergency Management.
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Minnesota State Patrol reported a fatal car accident on November 11th at 6:15pm on Highway 71 and County Road 11 in Germantown Township in Cottonwood County. A 2019 Ram 1500 driven by a 59-year-old female from Monticello was traveling Southbound on Highway 71. A 2007 Peterbuilt Semi driven by a 72-year-old, James Lynn Feltman from Round Lake was traveling Northbound on Highway 71. The two vehicles collided, and the semi rolled into a ditch. Feltman was killed in the accident. Outside agencies assisting on scene were Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office, Sanborn Fire Department, and Springfield Ambulance.
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