Glencoe, Minnesota

• Republicans to endorse Dist. 18 candidate Saturday, March 13
  

  Republicans from three counties will converge at the Dassel-Cokato PAC in Cokato 9 a.m. Saturday, March 13 to endorse an official candidate for the state senate race in District 18.

• Interim Newport police chief hired permanently
  

  Newport has a new chief of police: Curt Montgomery. At a Thursday night meeting, the city council unanimously approved hiring Montgomery, who has been serving as interim police chief since the retirement of Veid Muiznieks in December.

• Just where is Southwest Minnesota, anyway?
  

  I'm going to write a letter and it probably won't be a good one. I have some real complaints about the weather broadcast system from the Minneapolis/St. Paul television stations.

• Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press...
  

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• Car, semi collide in Glencoe; two in car are killed
  

  An elderly man and woman were killed Friday morning when their Pontiac Grand Prix and a semitrailer truck collided in foggy weather, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

• McLeod County DFL Convention
  

  Janis Rannow, left, and Tiffany Doherty-Schooler announced the top vote-getters who will serve on the McLeod County Democratic-Labor-Farmer board during the coming year.

• Buffalo Dinner
  

  Start: 02/06/2010 - 4:30pm End: 02/06/2010 - 8:00pm Brownton Lions Club's 28th annual buffalo dinner takes place at the Pla-Mar Ballroom in Glencoe.

• Klitzke
  

  Bradley and Nicole Klitzke of Chaska, Minn., announce the birth of their daughter, Myah Ann Klitzke, at 9:54 p.m. Dec.

• FAA: Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Glencoe
  

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• Spending time with God
  

  "Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

• Paul Thissen is statehouse's smartest, but is he ready to be governor?
  

  PAUL THISSEN , THE SMARTEST LAWMAKER IN MINNESOTA, crams himself into the passenger seat of a 1997 Toyota Corolla .

• McLeod County parks closing for season
  

  The McLeod County parks will be officially closed for the season Sunday, Oct. 4. Gates will be closed, but anyone wanting to hike or walk through the area parks is welcome.

• Marie Brazil
  

  Marie Agnes Brazil, age 89 of Green Isle passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at her residence.

• Digging up charity in potato patch
  

  Bridget Opitz of Albertville was among the 30 or so volunteers who came to the Dahlke farm in rural Green Isle Saturday to help Hands for Harvest.

• Lester Prairie firefighter finds missing man
  

  Luck might be an asset on top of all the numerous skills required for fire department training these days, but firefighter Steve Dietel of Lester Prairie will take it.

• Brownton makes bid on school build.....
  

  The Glencoe-Silver Lake Board of Education must accept or reject a $10,000 offer for the former McLeod West School building and property in Brownton at its next meeting.

• Nationals results - Night Two
  

  On a rather cool and breezy night last Friday, 71 sprint cars checked in the ASA-sanctioned Jackson Speedway for night two of the 31st Annual Jackson Nationals sponsored by Svoboda Excavating of Jackson.

City Description

Glencoe is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,453 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of McLeod County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²), all of it land. U.S. Route 212 and Minnesota State Highway 22 are two of the main routes in the community. Glencoe, named for its resemblance to a valley in Scotland, was the first city to be officially founded by settlers in McLeod County. At that time the nearest known neighbours were thirty miles away, leaving settlers and businesses to travel many miles by wagon for supplies. Even in these hard times, the first known business in Glencoe was started in 1855, followed by the construction of the creamery in 1894, the opening of the telephone company in 1897, the beginning of Glencoe Brewing Company in 1901, and the dedication of the Glencoe Library in 1904. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,453 people, 2,103 households, and 1,446 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,045.6 people per square mile (788.5/km²). There were 2,169 housing units at an average density of 813.7/sq mi (313.7/km²). The racial makeup of

City Contained By:

• McLeod County
• Minnesota
• United States of America

City Contains:

• McLeod County Courthouse

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 6.99296789791 km squared

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