Goessel Mayor Peggy Jay told the city council at its Feb. 19 meeting that representatives of Goessel’s “sister city” in Poland are planning to come for a visit.

Laura Flaming had told Jay the visitors plan to arrive April 13. Henryk Damojski and one other person will bring greetings from the birthplace of Captain Kurt von Goessel, the town’s namesake.

Marion County dodged heavy snowfall and ice this past weekend, but winter’s frequent snows have caused power outages, school and organizational cancellations, headaches for homeowners and more work for city and county road crews.

The Marion County Commission met Monday with extensive executive sessions for personnel between other topics that took them into a lengthy 6.5-hour meeting compared to its average 3-hour meeting.

The commissioners also took the added unusual step of calling for an additional meeting in executive session at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Baseball boosters apparently got the nod from the Marion City Council Monday to push ahead with plans for new restrooms at the baseball complex after it was learned that Marion Manufac­turing has pledged to donate a metal building to be put up with volunteer labor for the project.

The Marion City Council Monday promised the Marion County Board of Commissioners at the council’s Jan. 28 meeting that it would reply by letter within two weeks on what terms it would offer the county for a little more than seven acres in the southeast corner of Batt Industrial Park for possible construction of a new corrections center.

The Marion County Commission met Thursday, Jan. 31, in a payday meeting that paid out $793,196 in expenses.

County Clerk Carol Maggard reported sales tax money received at $46,782, more than a $3,000 increase over the $43,269 received in January a year ago.