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    March 14, 2018
    Pictured is the former MC Fitness building on Rowe Avenue. (Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Globe)
    City of Worthington looks to transform former MC Fitness building
    WORTHINGTON — The city of Worthington is interested in converting the former MC Fitness building on Rowe Avenue into either a new public works...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 14, 2018 - 8:01am
    November 4, 2017
    City plans to declare more snow emergencies
    WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Public Works Department plans to make better use this winter of an emergency snow removal policy that’s already in place. Worthington Director of Public Works Todd Wietzema plans to declare more snow emergencies this winter in an effort to save the...
    newsNovember 4, 2017 - 8:25am
    April 21, 2017
    Potholes near the Worthington intersection of Ninth and Shell streets are pictured.(Tim Middagh / Daily Globe)
    Gone to pot: City wages war on plentiful potholes
    WORTHINGTON — Nobody likes to hit a pothole. The unexpected jolt of hitting one hard enough is not only a pain for the driver but a danger...
    newsApril 21, 2017 - 4:58pm
    February 28, 2017
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    Schnieder outlines street, highway projects
    WORTHINGTON -- Nobles County Pubhlic Works Director Stephen Schnieder gave a presentation on upcoming county and city road projects during a...
    newsFebruary 28, 2017 - 7:10pm
    February 7, 2017
    Nobles County awards $9.5 million paving contract
    WORTHINGTON — After selling $9.5 million in road construction bonds late last year to finance 14 bituminous overlay projects across Nobles County, commissioners on Tuesday learned five bids were received from contractors interested in doing the nearly 70 miles of paving work. Nobles...
    newsFebruary 7, 2017 - 8:00pm
    February 6, 2017
    Budget Breakout: Public Works
    2017 Budget: $2,519,407 Last year’s budget: $2,368,686 What it is: Worthington Public Works maintains streets, sidewalks, parks, lakes, bike...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 8:54pm
    December 30, 2016
    Resurfacing the roads: $9.5 million bond helps, but more money needed
    WORTHINGTON — With the Minnesota Department of Transportation granting its approval roughly a month ahead of schedule, and $9.5 million in transportation bonds arriving this week in Nobles County, Public Works Director Stephen Schnieder says the county is poised to get an early...
    newsDecember 30, 2016 - 9:37pm
    Stephen Schnieder is the director of the Nobles County Public Works Department. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
    Budget Breakout: Nobles County Public Works
    $1,094,391 What it is: This is the amount Nobles County budgeted for public works in 2017. What it was last year: $1,076,031 Total County...
    newsDecember 30, 2016 - 9:34pm
    November 18, 2016
    Visibility drops Friday as another band of snow moves through the area, slowing traffic near Worthington's Oxford Street/Humiston Avenue intersection. (Tim Middagh/Daily Globe)
    Snow day! Schools close across region as winter makes its introduction
    WORTHINGTON — A mini-blizzard hit southwest Minnesota Friday, starting as early as 5:30 a.m. and closing many of the area’s schools and special...
    newsNovember 18, 2016 - 10:26pm
    August 12, 2016
    Happy faces, not happy talk for special session
    ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's three top political leaders walked out to talk to reporters, wearing big smiles and delivering an occasional laugh. However, it did not take reporters long Friday to figure out that Gov. Mark Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk and House Speaker Kurt Daudt...
    news/government-and-politicsAugust 12, 2016 - 9:15pm
    June 8, 2016
    A young fan greets Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Wednesday as he visits Rochester, part of a statewide tour to push the Legislature to pass a public works funding bill. (Don Davis/Forum News Service)
    Dayton gets public works campaign underway with Wednesday visits
    ROCHESTER — Gov. Mark Dayton may not be up for election in November, but he is campaigning this week. The Democratic governor launched a three-day...
    news/government-and-politicsJune 8, 2016 - 10:07pm
    May 19, 2016
    ‘Everyone wants one’: Public works bill success predicted after another legislative failure
    ST. PAUL — Two failures may equal success. The Minnesota House and Senate failed to pass their public works funding bills, but in the three days lawmakers have left this year, major legislative players expect those defeated bills to be merged into one that funds rail safety, college...
    newsMay 19, 2016 - 8:48pm
    May 17, 2016
    Don Davis/Forum News Service
    State budget talks expanded from transportation
    ST. PAUL — At least they are talking.
    newsMay 17, 2016 - 6:49pm
    May 3, 2016
    Public Works director reappointed to four-year term: County denies pay increase for Schnieder
    WORTHINGTON — Nobles County commissioners reappointed Stephen Schnieder to another four-year term as the county’s public works director Tuesday, but voted to keep his salary at the same level instead of agreeing to the more than $9,000 annual pay increase Schnieder sought.
    newsMay 3, 2016 - 9:33pm
    April 22, 2016
    Nobles County Public Work director Stephen Schnieder (right) and Rocky Kolar looks over a plan for a new roundabout. (Tim MIddagh/Daily Globe)
    Nobles County Public Works Department
    The following is part of a series of Q&As with Nobles County departments to educate the public on the services provided. April is County...
    newsApril 22, 2016 - 9:49pm
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