Recreational park Parc Sandur in Emmen is being overhauled and in Hoogeveen they want to tackle crime more vigorously. In this overview you can read the highlights of the news in Drenthe from last week.
Hooghalen was shocked by an earthquake on Sunday evening around 10 p.m. With a magnitude of 1.9 on the Richter scale, it was a small earthquake. After the earthquake, one damage report was received by the Mining Damage Committee. “No longer like a small thunderstorm,” is how a resident of Hooghalen describes the earthquake.
For the football club from Musselkanaal it was a week to quickly forget. A club player has been suspended for two years after he was caught cutting coke on the team bus after an away match against Annen. As a result, the head coach, the leader, the linesman and the caretaker also resign their duties immediately. Today it was announced that Geert van der Tuuk from Emmer-Compascuum will take on the task of head coach for the time being.
Recreational park Parc Sandur in Emmen will have almost 100 additional holiday homes. Much has been renovated at the holiday park in the past two years. This year, four more padel courts will be constructed and there are also plans for the construction of a large indoor playground. It is not yet known when construction of the houses will start, the municipality must first issue a permit.
On Wednesday evening, a 24-year-old Assen resident was seriously injured in a shooting in the Asser Lariks district. The victim was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Shortly afterwards, five suspects were arrested in the area and a sixth was added on Thursday. The police also say that two bicycles and two cars have been seized. “We suspect that these played a role in the shooting incident in some way,” says a spokesperson.
Better rules, more enforcement, extra boas and clear policy. These are recommendations from the Court of Audit in Hoogeveen to combat undermining crime. According to the Court of Audit, the situation in Hoogeveen is worrying. Some council parties get the feeling that the municipal council does not understand the seriousness of the situation, but Mayor Karel Loohuis denies this. “We take this report very seriously. We must now first look at what we are going to do, how much money is involved and how many people we need for this.”