Meyers retires

COTTAGE GROVE – Tomorrow, city manager Richard Meyers will trade in office keys and responsibilities for more grandpa-related activities as he is able to spend more quality time with his four children, 10 grandchildren, and cat Toothless.

Although Meyers has worked in city government for 32 years, 26 of those being in Cottage Grove, his first jobs were actually landscaping for a dentist and shampooing carpets in a care center. He also worked in a…