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Townships officers get county update

SLEEPY EYE – The Brown County Association of Township Officers got a healthy dose of Brown County news at their annual spring meeting at the Sleepy Eye Servicemen’s Club April 11.

Sheriff Rich Hoffmann said drug activity is mostly methamphetamine and prescription pills. He encouraged people to check for unused medications in residences, especially those of the elderly.

“We collect about 100 pounds of returned medications a month (at the Law Enforcement Center that are disposed of at a Mankato incinerator),” Hoffmann said.

“Don’t ever give out personal information over the phone,” Hoffman said. “There are plenty of scammers out there with all sorts of scams. They were calling people in Sibley County and telling them there were arrest warrants for missing jury duty and asking for money.”

Hoffmann thanked Brown County Commissioners for approving the addition of two padded jail cells.

“They’re expensive, but I think they’ll really help alot,” Hoffmann said.

Brown County Auditor/Treasurer Jean Prochniak said most Minnesota counties outside metro areas use mail ballots. She urged township election clerks to read township election guides.

Milford Township Supervisor Fred Juni questioned mail ballot security.

Prochniak said mail ballots are treated as priority mail and Brown County has had no problem with them.

Juni said there were mail ballot problems nationally.

A woman asked why township ballots can’t be counted by machines in Springfield or Sleepy Eye instead of having to delivery them to New Ulm on Election Night.

Prochniak said New Ulm ballot counters were much faster than the ones in Sleepy Eye and Springfield and the ballots had to be brought to the courthouse anyway. She admitted township residents voting in Springfield and Sleepy Eye is an alternative.

County Highway Engineer Wayne Stevens said roundabout construction at the TH 4 and CR 29 intersection begins on or after June 4 and lasts two to three months. The TH 4 detour follows CR 30 west to Morgan and TH 68 east through Evan to TH 4.The CR 29 detour follows CR 10 to Highway 68/14 to Highway 4 to 68 to CR 8 back to CR 29.

Sleepy Eye Highway 14 resurfacing begins on or after May 21 and lasts two to three months. Main Street at the east end of town will be closed for a week for utility work. A detour follows Cedar St. Highway 14 resurfacing between the west edge of New Ulm and Sleepy Eye begins on or after April 30 and lasts one month. There are no detours.

Fritz Busch can be emailed at fbusch@nujournal.com.

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