City of Red Wing News

Free Disposal Of Holiday Greens

Red Wing’s Integrated Solid Waste Management Campus is offering free disposal of holiday trees and greens from January 2 through 16.  The drop off site is located at 1873 Bench Street and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.… Read More »

Fiber-to-the-Premise: Becoming a Reality

Laura Blair, Information Technology Director On April 27, the City Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the application by Hiawatha Broadband Communications,  Inc. (HBC) to obtain federal stimulus grant funding to construct and operate a high-speed, fiber-to-the-premises,… Read More »

City of Red Wing Supports United Way

City of Red Wing Supports United Way City of Red Wing employees raised $12,188.23, or 102% percent of its $12,000 goal, this year for United Way of Goodhue, Wabasha and Pierce Counties. Most of the money was donated through employee payroll deductions, but $644.75 was raised with the sales of… Read More »

State Must Act on Long-term Nuclear Waste Storage

Closing of Yucca Mountain Shifts Storage and Safety Responsibilities to StateMarshall Hallock, Director, Finance Department When the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (PINGP) was  built  in  1973,  the  federal government assured the city of Red Wing, … Read More »

Staying Green this Holiday Season

Paul Drotos, Environmental Officer, Public Works Department  The holly green and the evergreen are traditional greens of the holiday season; but this year, add an environmental green to the mix.  In the past, naughty children would find a lump of coal in Christmas stockings; but,… Read More »

2010 City Buildings Holiday Schedule

New Year’s Day – Friday, January 1, 2010 (all buildings closed)New Year’s Holiday- Saturday, January 2 (Library closed, Integrated Solid Waste Management Campus (ISWMC) open)Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Monday, January 18 (all buildings closed)Presidents’ Day –… Read More »

Red Wing's Dog Park a Reality

Tim Bohmbach, Community Service Officer, Police DepartmentSince the spring of 2008, a group of citizens have been meeting to create a dog park in Red Wing. Recently, the group of volunteers secured funding for the fence at A.P. Anderson Park, the last step in completing Red Wing's Dog Park.… Read More »

2009 Mayor's Year In Review

Mayor Howe's State of the City Address Budget CrisisThe city of Red Wing faced major challenges balancing the 2009 budget. Helping balance this budget was the many volunteers who helped complete projects that have, in the past, been completed by city staff.  I … Read More »