Created: January 28, 2021 09:21 AM
The St. Paul Fire Department will now oversee fire protection services in Falcon Heights following the dissolution of the Falcon Heights Fire Department.
According to a city newsletter, the Falcon Heights City Council voted unanimously to dissolve the department during its Jan. 13 meeting and enter into a contract with the St. Paul Fire Department.
Falcon Heights Mayor Randy Gustafson said in a statement, I would like to thank our current and past members of the Falcon Heights Fire Department for their service to the community. The FHFD has been a paid-on-call community department since the city was formed in 1949. Many positive memories and experiences are part of the legacy of our community fire department and the people who served.
Two groups and two memorials
By Staff | Feb 23, 2020
The city of Blue Earth took over ownership of this vacant lot at the corner of Fifth and Main a year ago, with the idea that it could become the home to a Veterans Memorial Park. Now there are two groups looking at creating some type of Veterans Memorial, one for the city, one for the county.
Blue Earth may be the site of not one, but two veteran reflection areas both a city veteran’s reflection park and a county Veteran’s Memorial.
Since 2014, a group of local veterans and service people worked together to focus their energy on remembering local soldiers who have paid the ultimate price for their service.