History comes alive in local cemetery tours
A trio of tours are planned over the Memorial Day weekend at the Worthington Cemetery. The event will be led by Jerry Fiola, a Nobles County Historical Society board member. 7:00 pm, May 11, 2021 ×
Worthington Cemetery Association board member Tom Ahlberg (left) and Nobles County Historical Society board member Jerry Fiola stand May 6, 2021, near the obelisk that marks the burial site of Minnesota s fourth governor, Stephen Miller, inside the Worthington Cemetery. The cemetery will be the site of a trio of tours over Memorial Day weekend. (Tim Middagh / The Globe)
WORTHINGTON The Nobles County Historical Society and the Worthington Cemetery Association are teaming up to offer walking history tours over the long Memorial Day weekend at Worthington’s oldest cemetery.
Varieties planted Tuesday both have historical significance in county 7:15 am, Apr. 3, 2021 ×
Jay Milbrandt stands with the Okabena apple tree planted Tuesday afternoon, March 30, 2021, on the property of the Nobles County Historical Society. The NCHS building is shown in the background. (Ryan McGaughey/The Globe)
WORTHINGTON Work is ongoing to transform Worthington’s old armory building on Ninth Street into facilities for the Nobles County Historical Society.
Meanwhile, greenspace next to the structure will eventually be reflective of county history, too, thanks to the planting of two trees Tuesday afternoon.
While conditions felt more akin to winter than spring with a temperature around 35 degrees and winds gusting to peaks of 50 mph a small contingent gathered to plant two separate varieties of apple trees on the lawn. Both, fittingly, have historic connections to Nobles County.
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Information Technology department moves into new space; servers will be moved within the next few months. 5:30 am, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
Nobles County Information Technology Director Angelo Torres (left) is joined by County Administrator Tom Johnson and IT Help Desk staff Richard Sidebottom. (Julie Buntjer/The Globe)
WORTHINGTON Four years after the initial idea was presented to transform the former county jail space in the Nobles County Government Center into a regional data hub, the project is nearly complete.
The county’s Information Technology staff moved their cubicles and workspaces into the newly renovated area Feb. 12, going from a small 550-square-foot office for four people into a space nearly three times that, with two extra work stations for potential future growth.
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