Freeborn County Commissioners awarded three carpentry contracts for the new courthouse Tuesday.

The bids for the various tasks were divided among three companies: Kellington Construction of Corcoran, Northern Woodwork of Thief River Falls, and LSI of Minneapolis.

Tim Clark of Adolfson and Peterson, the county’s construction-management firm, said the total came in at $763,239 for work budgeted to cost $800,000.

Other county news:

-Freeborn County Human Services will hold free mental illness screening Thursday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

-South Central Community Action Partnerships of Freeborn County will hold a public hearing on its possible merger with Southeastern Minnesota Citizens Action Council at the next county board meeting, at 6 p.m. Oct. 21.

Southeast Community Action has lost much of its funding over the last year.

(Contact Tim Sturrock at tim.sturrock@albertleatribune. com or 379-3438.)