Classes begin again

Schools resume after winter break and a 5 p.m. special school board meeting will designate positions throughout the district. The board will also swear in its new member, Mark Ciota.

County installs new officials

Freeborn County Auditor-Treasurer Dennis Distad swore in Freeborn County Sheriff-elect Bob Kindler at 8 a.m. today, Courtroom No. 3, Freeborn County Government Center. Other elected officials including county recorder and county attorney were sworn in at that time, too.

Freeborn County commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the County Boardroom of the Freeborn County Government Center. The public is invited to attend.

Children to get shots

The Worth County Public Health Office in Northwood, Iowa, is holding a child immunization clinic from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Worth County Public Health Office, 95 Ninth St. North, Northwood, Iowa. There are no age restrictions and the cost is a $3 donation per shot. The contact number is 641-324-1741.

Field to be sentenced

Home Solutions Midwest owner Paul Field is scheduled to be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. today on charges that he placed a remote video camera in the vent in a restroom at his business. Field pleaded guilty in September to interference with privacy as part of a plea agreement in his case. He initially faced three charges.

Tigers host 3 top-ranked teams

The Albert Lea Tigers boys’ hockey team hosts three of state’s top seven ranked teams this week at City Arena. The Tigers matchup against section opponent and No. 3-ranked Rochester Lourdes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday before opening up a weekend double-header against No. 6 Virginia/Mt. Iron-Buhl at 7:30 p.m. Friday and playing No. 7 Hibbing/Chisolm at 3 p.m. Saturday. Wins over these teams could propel the Tigers into the state rankings and help them secure a No. 1 or 2 seed in the section tournament.

Dayton takes oath

Gov.-elect Mark Dayton’s inauguration brings a changing of the guard that has a Democrat coming back into power in Minnesota for the first time in 20 years.

Dayton was to take his oath today at noon at Landmark Center in St. Paul. His swearing-in will break what had become the third-longest Democratic drought for a governorship in any state.

The 63-year-old is Minnesota’s oldest rookie governor. He’ll enter office opposite a Legislature where Republicans will control both chambers.

Dayton survived a close election and recount to beat Republican Tom Emmer and the Independence Party’s Tom Horner in November.

Connecticut, which like Minnesota had gone without a Democrat in the role since 1991, also elected one in November. The states with longer Democratic outages are South Dakota and Utah.