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LOCAL BRIEFS Head Start now enrolling for fall
TCC Head Start is currently taking applications for families with children ages birth to 5 for 2006-07 programs serving all of Crow Wing, Morrison and Todd counties. Head Start serves families with young children and programs focus on education, health, parent involvement and family services.
Children who turn 3 or 4 by Sept. 1 may be enrolled in a classroom preschool experience during the school year. Early Head Start serves pregnant women and children from birth to age 3 in a home or licensed child-care setting year-round.
There is no charge for Head Start, but priority is given to families who meet the age and income guidelines.
For more information, or to request a Head Start application form, contact a TCC office. Call (320) 632-3691 in Little Falls, (320) 732-4023 in Long Prairie or 829-2410 in Brainerd.
TCC, or Tri-County Community Action Inc., is a private, non-profit corporation and works with community partners to end poverty in central Minnesota communities.
Highway 47 work will resume in area counties
BAXTER - Beginning Monday, crews will resume work on the Highway 47 safety improvement project between Isle and the junction of U.S. Highway 169 in Aitkin, reports the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
During daytime hours, crews will work on milling off three inches of the existing bituminous roadway surface and replacing the pavement with a new bituminous surface.
During the mill and overlay, traffic will be single lane through the work zone controlled by a car and flaggers. In addition, crews will add several turn lanes and replace guardrail throughout the project limits.
Weather permitting, the $5.8 million improvement and preservation project is expected to be complete by the end of July.
Highway 371 roadwork to be completed
BAXTER - In May crews will wrap up roadwork on the Highway 371 project between Camp Ripley and Little Falls in Morrison County, the Minnesota Department of Transportation reported.
According to MnDOT Project Engineer Paul Koenig, last season crews completed the construction of about eight miles of expressway, including two new interchanges in Morrison County.
This season crews will complete:
¥ Removing old pavement and reshaping ground slopes, just south of Morrison County Highway 46.
¥ Constructing a turn lane and paving the final layer of bituminous at the Highway 115 and Morrison County Highway 76 intersection.
¥ Doing permanent roadway striping and installing fencing along the Highway 371 right-of-way.
Motorists may encounter intermittent lane or shoulder closures. MnDOT encourages motorists to drive with caution and watch for crews and equipment in the work zone. Weather permitting, work is expected to be complete by the end of May.
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