KLGR Community Cafe: Dahms and Torkelson Townhall

Every year, when the legislative session ends, State Senator Gary Dahms of Redwood Falls, and State Representative Paul Torkelson of Hanska, host town hall meetings to give District 16B residents a chance to visit with their legislators on important issues.

The current COVID-19 outbreak prevents the senator and representative from meeting with constituents one-on-one. However, they came up with a way to continue their annual town hall meeting tradition: over the radio, responding to questions submitted by listeners earlier in the week.

Senator Dahms and Representative Torkelson were in the KLGR studio on Wednesday, and KLGR News Director Joshua Dixon spent an hour getting their take on what’s going on in Minnesota, from the legislative standpoint: