Housing, care and preschool plans

The municipality is planning for 4,000 housing units by 2050, home care services in Strömsund are using color coding, and the Left Party wants to provide 30 hours of preschool in Krokom.

Plans for 4,000 homes in Östersund

Östersund municipality plans for 4,000 homes. A municipality is the local authority responsible for, among other things, housing planning, schools and home care services. The plans cover the southern parts of Östersund up to 2050, and politicians are to decide on Torvalla, Odensala and parts of Odenskog. Retail areas may decrease.

Source: Länstidningen Östersund

Home care service in Strömsund takes the ferry

Home care is municipal assistance at home. In Strömsund, staff cross Ströms water valley several times a day. According to the source, the ferries have priority over everything except emergency vehicles. It works smoothly, and staff can often catch the next ferry if they miss one.

Strömsundsbron is closed to motor vehicle traffic. The home care service’s planning has therefore built in a larger buffer in the schedule: instead of 5 minutes, they now have 10. A 93-year-old person tells in the segment how the home care service has adjusted their trips.

Source: SVT Nyheter Jämtland

Proposal for 30 hours of preschool in Krokom

In Krokom Municipality, unemployed parents or parents on parental leave have the right to place their children in preschool for 15 hours a week. The Left Party proposes that children should be offered twice as many hours, namely 30 hours. The party wants the issue to be thoroughly investigated and for staff to have the right conditions to do a good job.

Source: Östersunds-Posten

17-year-old nominated for Lilla Augustpriset

A 17-year-old resident of Östersund has been nominated for Lilla Augustpriset for the short story ”Sensommarsorg”. The short story was written while the person was at a calf branding event in Frostviken in Strömsund Municipality this summer. It depicts two older Sami brothers embarking on their final journey together to their home region.

Approximately 350 submissions were sent in, and 6 were selected for the nomination. The person often writes about relationships and everyday life; coffee is central to almost every text.

Source: SVT Nyheter Jämtland

ÖIK fell after overtime against Karlskoga

Östersunds IK (ÖIK) plays in HockeyAllsvenskan. Following their win against Oskarshamn on Friday, the team played away against Karlskoga. The match ended in a 4–5 loss after overtime.

After 17 rounds, ÖIK has nine goals in eight games when playing six-on-five. Against Karlskoga, the team was held scoreless again after pulling its goalkeeper. The coach says this must be some kind of record.

Sources: Östersunds-Posten and Östersunds-Posten

Fullt i skejthallen under höstlovet

The ice rink in Östersund was open 5 hours every day during the autumn break. It was free to try out with youth leaders on site. The club had around 30 young people every day, compared with a few evenings a week at other times.

A 7-year-old and a 10-year-old were there on Saturday. One of them had been forced to go by their father but was happy after dropping in on the ramp; the other was practising a new trick that almost landed perfectly.

Source: SVT Nyheter Jämtland

In brief

• A man aged 25 has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman he is supposed to know in Östersund; the crime is said to have occurred indoors. SVT Nyheter Jämtland
• The emergency number SOS Alarm received a report of a single-car accident at 22.21 on Sunday evening. Östersunds-Posten
• Mus-Olles museum in Ytterån was closed during the summer after the entire board of the Ytterån local heritage association resigned; now several younger people have become involved. Östersunds-Posten
• The programme ”Gift vid första ögonkastet XL” is losing experts, a couple is being kicked out in the middle of the season and a new season is confirmed, while a participant in ”Gift vid första ögonkastet” agrees with the criticism. Länstidningen Östersund Länstidningen Östersund Länstidningen Östersund