The Winnebago City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to deal with two matters, the proposed tax levy for 2025 and a cannabis ordinance for the city. The majority of the meeting was spent on the tax levy with council members and city administrator Judi Hynes meticulously ...
The Blue Earth City Council held their annual Truth in Taxation Hearing during their regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 2. After the Truth in Taxation Hearing the council did not pass a motion to set the budget and levy, but postponed that decision until their Dec. 16 meeting. This past Monday ...
A wide variety of topics were discussed at the Faribault County Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 3, including commissioner salaries, a cannabis ordinance, a DNR (Department of Natural Resources) land acquisition proposal and new squads for the Sheriff’s Department. While the commissioners ...
While the Winnebago Economic Development Authority had a short agenda to work through at their meeting on Wednesday night, Dec. 4, there were many items of interest to discuss. The board learned that the potential buyer for the Flip-n-Shake is not pursuing purchasing the closed restaurant at ...
The Blue Earth City Council held a combination of four meetings and public hearings during a three hour period on Monday night, Dec. 2. Besides their regular meeting, the council also held a budget work session, a public hearing on the proposed 2025 street/utility project and also held their ...
It was a pretty positive evening for the Wells City Council when they met on Monday night, Nov. 25, for a work session and regular council meeting. The first piece of good news came while council members were working on the proposed tax levy for the upcoming year. When the council set the ...
With the December Truth in Taxation meeting less than a month away, the Faribault County Board of Commissioners held another budget work session on Friday, Nov. 22. “By the end of the work session, we were confident that the proposed tax levy increase for next year will be less than five ...
It was roughly four years ago that Jenna Johnson and her family realized a dream when her 10 Talents Art Center opened up in the former Central Graphics building on 14th Street in Blue Earth. She had spent over a year of hard work turning the former printing plant into a beautiful art center. ...
At the regular meeting of the Blue Earth City Council on Monday, Nov. 18, a question of what to do about residents on Nicollet Street having water problems became a contentious issue. Two homes on the street have been having to run sump pumps almost continuously for months. They have said ...
The Faribault County Commissioners, at their meeting on Nov. 19, revisited a zoning issue that last came before them in 2016 and 2017. Planning and Zoning administrator Sara Hauskins brought the issue before the board looking for some guidance on the matter. The question centered around ...
