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Watonwan County Board hears 2019 probation survey report St. James Plaindealer At Tuesday s Watonwan County Board meeting, the board heard Sarah Eischens, the Supervisor of the MN DOC Mankato District, presenting probation numbers for Watonwan County in 2019. We do a probation survey every year, and with the probation survey, we calculate those numbers, said Eischens. The survey from 2019 was out. The one from 2020 is not quite ready yet. The survey showed that at the end of 2018, the county had 245 individuals on probation, and by the end of 2019, that number was down to 220. The probation survey ranged from felonies, gross misdemeanors, misdemeanors, and juvenile offenses. ....
County board approves bid for lake surveying and purchase of plow equipment St. James Plaindealer At Tuesday s Watonwan County Board meeting, the board passed a bid for lake surveys in the spring and summer, and the purchase of two plows and plow equipment. The last surveys were done in 2019 on St. James Lake, Kansas Lake, and Long Lake. Initial surveys on the lakes tested in 2019 came back negative. They do an aquatic vegetation survey to go through the lakes and see what s native vegetation out there and if there are any invasive species out there, said Chad Hildebrand, Soil & Water Conservation District Assistant Manager & County Ditch Inspector. ....