Wells Council makes plans for next Kernel Days
By Chuck Hunt - Editor | Jul 18, 2021
With Kernel Days just around the corner in August, the Wells City Council spent some time at their meeting this past Monday night, July 12, authorizing some requests concerning the Wells summer festival.
The Wells Chamber of Commerce and Wells Jaycees requested permission to block off Seventh Avenue SW, between Half Moon Road and First Street SW, between Aug. 20-22.
They also requested a noise variance for the weekend of Kernel Days on both Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 until 2 a.m.
Another request was permission to shoot off fireworks from the compost site on Aug. 20, and to have the Kernel Days Parade on Aug. 21, at 5 p.m., and follow the same route as in 2018 and 2019.
Phase 2 of Fountain Lake dredging project begins
While this phase includes dredging the west basin of Main Bay, funding for the final phase is in the works
Posted: Apr 24, 2021 2:40 AM
Updated: Apr 24, 2021 8:21 AM
Posted By: Alex Jirgens
ALBERT LEA, Minnesota - It s a project aimed to address water quality issues affecting Fountain Lake and its three bays: Bancroft, Dane s and Edgewater.
Phase two of the multi-phase dredging project has officially kicked off, with dredgers cleaning out sediment and heavy phosphoric silt from the lake bed and pumped to an off-site confined disposal facility north of town. The phase includes the west basin of Main Bay, and about 380 cubic yards of sediment is slated to be removed.