LOCAL BRIEFS
Comment sought on Todd County turkey feedlot EAW
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has prepared an environmental assessment worksheet for a proposed expansion of the MGT Products turkey feedlot in Todd County. Citizens are invited to comment on the EAW until Oct. 10.
The current feedlot consists of a grower barn holding about 42,000 turkeys and a starter barn holding about 47,000 turkeys. The proposed expansion would add one of each of these kinds of barns, holding about another 100,000 total turkeys. The expansion project is expected to take place during the next five years.
The EAW is a preliminary environmental review looking at how a proposed project could potentially affect the environment. Comments on the EAW should be submitted in writing by 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 to Barbara Jean Conti, MPCA, Operations and Environmental Review Section, 520 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN 55155-4194, by e-mail to barbara.conti@pca.state.mn.us or by fax to (651) 297-2343.
The MPCA will use the comments on the EAW to evaluate the potential for significant environmental effects from the project and determine if an environmental impact statement, a more comprehensive environmental review, is needed.
Copies of the EAW are available for review at the MPCA St. Paul office, 520 Lafayette Road N.; the MPCA Web site at www.pca.state.mn.us/news/eaw/index.html; and the Long Prairie Branch Library, 42 Third St. N., Long Prairie.
Search on for Miss Teen Crow Wing County
Applications are being accepted for the title of 2008 Miss Teen Crow Wing County.
Contestants must be single, between the ages of 13-18 and be able to represent the county at the Miss Teen Minnesota pageant March 8-9 at Ritsche Auditorium in St. Cloud.
To apply, girls should write a bio-form to Miss Teen Minnesota, International Pageant, P.O. Box 240537, Apple Valley, MN 55124-0537 or call for more information at (952) 432-6758 or fax (952) 953-3896.
DAV and Auxiliary to meet Thursday
The DAV and Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Nisswa American Legion Post. Rides will be available at 6 p.m. at the Target store parking lot.