Eitzen News

County Commissioner Tom Bjerke, 46, of Spring Grove has served on the Houston County Board of Commissioners since January of 2005, representing the Fifth District, which includes the cities of Spring Grove and Eitzen and the townships of Spring Grove, Wilmington, Black Hammer, Winnebago, Jefferson and Crooked Creek. He is a fiancial associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, with an office in Caledonia.

He is being challenged by Brad Hernandez, 36, of rural Mabel, who is farmer and Brent Newgaard, 40, of rural Spring Grove, who is a plumbing and heating contractor.

A construction project on Highway 76, from the Iowa border to the south junction of Highway 44, will begin Monday, July 14, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

An open house about construction staging and detours for the project has been set for Wednesday, July 9, from 6 to 7 p.m., at the Eitzen Community Center, 207 E. Main St. in Eitzen. A formal presentation will be at 6 p.m., followed by a question and answer period.

The project consists of resurfacing and rehabilitating pavement, replacing culverts and guard rail and adding turn lanes. Motorists will experience daily lane closures between County Road 2 and County Road 27, with traffic controlled by flaggers.

Emergency officials on Monday began assessing the extent of flooding in Houston and Fillmore counties following a weekend bout of heavy rains.

The Houston County Emergency Management office has closed the following roads: County Road 23 from Eitzen, Minn., to County Road 5 County Road 5 County Road 249 County Road 25 from Highway 16 to County Road 21 ...

Houston County's board of commissioners have declared the county in a state of emergency in the wake of flooding Saturday and Sunday.

The Caledonia Argus is a weekly newspaper published each Wednesday by ECM Publishers, Inc., from our office at 314 West Lincoln St., Caledonia, Minnesota, 55921. via Caledonia Argus

“It's something Mn/DOT needs to do. As our communities grow and urban areas at the edges of cities grows, the speed limits need to be adjusted.”

Will cars be whizzing in and out of Houston County communities at a higher rate of speed? Probably not, but the Houston County Board requested Mn/DOT to conduct speed studies on sections of 20 different county ... via Caledonia Argus