Retired Willmar Police Sgt. Mike Jahnke has been named the 2022 Willmar Fests Grand Marshal. Jahnke served almost 30 years on the police force, with duties ranging from patrol officer, SWAT team member and making sure many of Willmar's events were safe and enjoyable for residents and visitors alike.
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The Legislature has a duty next session to help the trust by clearing up the uncertainty over the appropriate criteria for awarding grants. The latest round of fierce disagreement over grant selection - for the second time this year - shows the need for action by Nebraska lawmakers.
The first controversy this year centered on ethanol promotion. The trust board voted to defund $1.8 million for a set of high-scoring habitat grants and award the money instead to a lower-scoring project to finance ethanol pumps. More recently, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has requested $3.7 million, which critics say would go toward regulatory action that falls outside the trust’s proper criteria.