• Nearly all of the funds have been raised for the new playground equipment at the city park. The council voted Monday night to go ahead and purchase the equipment. The city has received a grant for half of the cost of the $24,000 project. The Groton Community Foundation has donated $3,000, Clark Engineering has donated $2,500, the Groton Kiwanis Club has donated $2,000, Emmanuel Lutheran Church's Walk-A-Thon donated $1,200, the United Methodist Church fundraiser from the Band Festival raised $400, other donations have amounted to $3,000 and the Groton Dairy Queen is planning a fundraising day with the help of volunteer workers during the event.
• City employees and volunteers will help to erect the equipment and it will have a wood grain bedding under the playground equipment.