Easements onto rail authority property requested by the cities of Hutchinson and Lester Prairie are the major agenda items for a meeting of the McLeod Regional Rail Authority planned at noon Tuesday, July 29.

Chairman Sheldon Nies also is expecting an update on progress in the preservation of the former Dakota Rail-Great Northern depot in Hutchinson.

The meeting takes place at the Hutchinson VFW Post, 247 First Ave. S.E.

(Terry Davis is a Hutchinson Leader staff writer. E-mail him at davis@hutchinsonleader.com [1].)