Big machines were moving dirt last week for the grading of a ballfield complex that will include two softball fields and a baseball field on school grounds east of the football stadium.
Although new ballfields are being constructed on school grounds with school financing, the project was proposed and is being supported by a community group.
In May of 2009, Scott Fobbe approached the Maple Lake School Board with a plan to build four ballfields on school property east of the football stadium. Although the project has been scaled back to three ballfields, a new community group has been involved in the planning and will be working to help fund the project.
Work has begun on the replacement of defective concrete on Birch Avenue. The project is a result of a settlement the City of Maple Lake reached with contractor Kuechle Underground over flaking concrete in areas of the 2008 Birch Avenue Reconstruction Project.
On Tuesday morning, workers were removing previously identified sections of concrete on the east side of Birch in the downto wn area and were then proceeding to the east side of the residential area. According to city engineers, removal and replacing of sections of curbing and sidewalk will be completed on the east side of Birch before work begins on the west side of the street. To accommodate the project, the final Music & Marketplace event in the downtown area on Saturday nights in July has been moved to the city park. The goal is to have the project completed before Maple Lake’s Days of Old celebration on August 20.
Work has begun on the replacement of defective concrete on Birch Avenue. The project is a result of a settlement the City of Maple Lake reached with contractor Kuechle Underground over flaking concrete in areas of the 2008 Birch Avenue Reconstruction Project.
The last step in the effort to connect to the Annandale-Maple Lake-Howard Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant began this week with the Monday groundbreaking for the Maple Lake 2010 Trunk Sewer Re-Route project.
The last step in the effort to connect to the Annandale-Maple Lake-Howard Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant began this week with the Monday groundbreaking for the Maple Lake 2010 Trunk Sewer Re-Route project.
Participation in the Minneapolis Aquatennial is a highlight in the reign of Miss Maple Lake and 2009 Queen Brittany Gries was no exception to that rule.
A benefit has been set for July 31 at the Maple Lake VFW for Kevin Hoefer, who has Stage IV lung cancer. Hoefer was born and raised in the Annandale/South Haven area, graduated from Annandale High School in 1975, served in the Navy and moved to Denver in the mid-1990s. His family and friends will be hosting a spaghetti dinner on July 31 from 4 to 7 p.m. There will also be a silent auction at the fundraiser. Those wishing to make a donation for Kevin Hoefer can do so at any US Bank. For more information or updates, visit caringbridge.org.
A benefit is being planned in August for Ryan and Jenna Finke. Ryan is a 2003 graduate of Maple Lake High School and is now an eighth-grade teacher in Forest Lake. His wife, Jenna Mateffy Finke, is a nurse at Fairview South and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in April.
