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Hills pledges $5,000 to local food shelf

By
Mavis Fodness

The city of Hills became the first municipality outside of Luverne to pledge support to the Rock County Food Shelf’s new location and renovation project.
Hills Council members pledged $1,000 per year over the next five years at their Feb. 9 meeting.
The Food Shelf capital campaign seeks to raise $225,000 to complete the project.
Food shelf volunteers sent letters to each of the county’s small communities whose residents also use the food shelf to lessen food insecurity in their households each month.
The suggested contribution was $1,000.
According to information released by the food shelf, residents with Luverne addresses more frequently take advantage of the 900 pounds of food distributed weekly each Thursday.
Following Luverne are residents with Magnolia, Hills, Beaver Creek, Hardwick, Steen, Kanaranzi and Kenneth addresses.
The food shelf is currently located in the basement of the United Methodist Church on Main Street Luverne.
In collaboration with the city of Luverne, the food shelf will move to a former dental office located at 208 West Maple Street in Luverne.
The 2,000-square-foot facility will be remodeled to increase food storage space, add refrigerator and freezer options and provide a ground floor distribution area.
Renovations have already begun on the new food shelf facility.
 
In other business, the Hills council:
•kept the fire protection contracts for the city of Steen and Clinton Township at the same rates. Steen will pay $5,000 and Clinton Township will pay $500 per section.
•approved the 2022 budget for the Hills Fire Department at $53,840, an increase of $3,565.
•approved 2022 stipends for the fire chief and department secretary at $800 and $550 respectively. Currently fire chief Jared Rozeboom receives $675 and secretary Justin VanMaanen receives $510.

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