2024 Summer Recreation Guide
Program Registration Days – New Location
Saturday, May 4th, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School.
Monday, May 6th, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School.
After the initial registration dates, registration will take place at City Hall in La Crescent during normal hours – 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Please select the link below to the recreation guide:
LA CRESCENT POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVICE CALLS
La Crescent Police Department Calls for Service:
Adopt-A-Drain Program
Did you know that the City of La Crescent has over 1,000 storm water drains? The City of La Crescent has partnered with Hamline University and the Adopt-A-Drain program. Storm drains flow directly to local lakes, rivers, and wetlands, acting as a conduit for trash and organic pollutants. The Adopt-A-Drain program asks residents to adopt a storm drain in their neighborhood and keep it clear of leaves, trash, and other debris to reduce water pollution.
For more information on how to Adopt-A-Drain visit: mn.adopt-a-drain.org
La Crescent Named Recipient of Heart Safe Community Designation
Heart safe community designation helps to make the community a SAFER place to live, work, and play by being prepared to reduce the number of deaths and disabilities associated with Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
The city of La Crescent recently received the designation of Heart Safe Community, a program through the American Heart Association and the Minnesota Department of Health and a team of state-wide organizations.
The designation program aims to increase survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by helping communities assess their preparedness for cardiac emergencies and finding gaps where improvements can be made. Heart Safe Designation is reached by acquiring points or ‘heartbeats’ based on population size. Heartbeats are given for community awareness programs, CPR training, AED placement and mapping, access to rapid emergency services and progressive hospital systems, and development of community heart healthy activities.
Key state-wide partners in the Heart Safe Designation program are the MN Resuscitation Consortium at the University of Minnesota, Allina Health EMS Heart Safe Communities Program, North Memorial Heart Safe Communities Program, Take Heart St. Cloud, Take Heart American and several others.
La Crescent has met the application requirements for a Heart Safe Community by forming a committee made up by members of:
- City of La Crescent
- La Crescent Fire Department
- La Crescent Police Department
- La Crescent-Hokah Schools
- La Crescent Community Foundation
- La Crescent Lions Club
- La Crescent Chamber of Commerce
- Volunteer Organization, 7Rivers CAPE
Specific accomplishments that the committee has met thus far are:
- established regular meetings with a structure and function
- trained 10% of our population in La Crescent in hands only or certified CPR
- registered over 30 AED’s in our community on the Pulsepoint App., making them more accessible in an emergency
- helped procure 6 AED’s for La Crescent police, getting all officers trained and ready to respond to events as they are often the first to arrive at the scene
- developed an AED Loaner program led by the La Crescent Police Department
- developing a Business Award program to recognize local businesses who have AED’s and/or staff trained in CPR
- developed a robust 1 and 2 year goals for the group that include expanding our work into the more rural areas of Houston County
- participating in the La Crosse Area Heart Safe Collaborative
La Crescent AED Loaner Program: Check out an AED for FREE!!
Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills over 350,000 people in the US each year, from age 0 to 100!
Rapidly calling 911, doing compression only CPR, and using an AED can save thousands of
lives. Unfortunately, AED’s can be hard to find when they are needed: locked up in
buildings or distant from where people are gathering. The La Crescent Heart Safe
Community team and the Police Department are here to change that.
You can now check out an AED for FREE from the La Crescent Police Department for use at
your picnic, family gathering, mission trip, graduation party, river excursion, or wherever you
might want the security of having an AED ready and able to be used. The process is simple
and easy with just a few simple steps to follow. Check out this link for more information or
call the Police Department 507-895-4414.
This program is supported by the La Crescent Heart Safe Community Team, the La
Crescent Community Foundation, and 7 Rivers Cardiac Arrest Preparedness and
Education.”
Homeowners, Need Help With Home Repairs?
DEED Small Cities Loan Program helps with home repairs and is available for eligible owners within the city limits of La Crescent. Select the following link for more information: DEED Small Cities Loan Program
2024 PET LICENSE APPLICATIONS
Animal Year End Reminder Letter for 2024
Primary Application: 2024 Pet License Application
Review the Multiple Pet ordinance Ordinance 90.06. Multiple Pet License and fill out the following form along with the Primary application (above) if you have 3 or more of one Species Multiple Pet Permit Application
Mail application(s) along with payment and rabies vaccine information to City of La Crescent, 315 Main St., P.O. Box 142, La Crescent, MN 55947 or place in the drop box on the wall outside the front door of City Hall. License tags will be mailed back to you.
New Bike Law – Rolling Stops
Beginning August 1st, bicyclists in Minnesota no longer need to fully stop for stop signs if there are no cars around.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.222, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4a. Stopping requirements. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, “in the vicinity” means located in an intersection or approaching an intersection in a manner that constitutes a hazard of collision during the time that a bicycle operator would occupy the intersection.
(b) A bicycle operator who approaches a stop sign must slow to a speed that allows for stopping before entering the intersection or the nearest crosswalk. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and section 169.06, subdivision 4, if there is not a vehicle in the vicinity, the operator may make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping.
(c) Nothing in this subdivision alters the right-of-way requirements under section 169.20. The provisions under this subdivision do not apply when traffic is controlled by a peace officer or a person authorized to control traffic under section 169.06.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/new-law-rolling-stops-bicyclists-stop-signs/
https://streets.mn/2023/08/03/minnesota-adopts-the-safety-stop/
HOMESTEAD CREDIT REFUND FOR HOMEOWNERS
You may qualify for a Homestead Credit for your property. The following link will take you to the MN Revenue site where you can see if you qualify and apply:
https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/2023-02/m1pr_inst_22.pdf