 Well, after years of planning, the Crowing County Museum will get a much needed upgrade in 2018. Sarah Winckelman has details on the grant worth over $200,000. That's making the project a reality. The building houses artifacts and history from Crowing County. It's a long history that's worth preserving. There's things that needed to be changed to safeguard our collection. Over the years, leaky windows have caused concern for the artifacts inside. We have some clay tiles on the roof that are breaking. Those need to be repaired. The windows need updating. There's gutter repairs that need to be done. There's leaking on those, which is causing drainage down the building and damage to the mortar. Also, on the top of the renovation list for the inside are updating building code compliance and ADA accessibility. The big thing that they're going to do is the HVAC, and, like, this time of the year, our humidity is, like, down to 10 percent. And that is not good for wood or anything here, so that's going to be an awesome thing. Maintaining the Crowing County Museum building is an important step in preserving the rich history here in the Brainerd Lakes. Not only are the items inside something to treasure, but the building itself was built over 100 years ago, back in 1917. It was used as a jail facility at that point with the jail cells in the south end of the building and the sheriff's residence in the front. The building that has been transformed from jail cells to a collection of all things Crowing County will see major upgrades thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Historical Society worth $224,000. It's not a very typical process for Crowing County. This is something new that we tried, that we started, Rachel mentioned about five years ago. And so we really stuck with it, and it's definitely a large sum of money that helps out offset some of the costs that would normally be asked for from the taxpayers. In order to preserve local history for generations to come. It's a piece of our community. It's a history of Crowing County. Reporting in Brainerd, Sarah Winkelman, Lakeland News. Construction should begin by late spring and be completed by the fall. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.