Courthouse in Blue Earth immediately after the hour set for receiving bids. Any bids received after said hour will be returned to the bidder unopened. Any bid received without a certified check or bid bond will be returned to the bidder without being read or considered.

SAP 022-600-002

Estimated major quantities of work include: 672 Sq Ft remove sheet piling; 1206 Sq. Ft. Bridge Slab Concrete (3Y33A); 106 LF Type F Railing Concrete; 205 LF Prestressed Concrete Beams 27M; 158 Ton Aggregate Surfacing, Class 2; 1550 Sq Ft Steel Sheet Piling

Charge: $95.00 Counter and $100.00 Delivered

Proposals and specifications may be obtained at the Faribault County Public Works, 5th & Walnut Streets, P.O. Box 325, Blue Earth, Minnesota 56013. Phone (507) 526-3291.

Bids must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond made payable to the Treasurer of Faribault County for at least 5% of the amount bid.

The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities therein.

John McDonald, P.E.

Director/Engineer

August 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2013

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PETITION OF STATE OF

MINNESOTA,

BY CHARLES A. ZELLE,

ITS COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE RIGHT TO MAKE

MINOR ALTERATIONS IN

COUNTY DITCH NO. 7,

COUNTY DITCH NO. 20, AND COUNTY DITCH NO. 87 IN FARIBAULT COUNTY

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN COUNTY DITCH NO. 7, COUNTY DITCH NO. 20, AND COUNTY DITCH NO. 87 IN FARIBAULT COUNTY:

YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the State of Minnesota, by Charles A. Zelle, its Commissioner of Transportation, has filed a Petition with the Auditor of Faribault County, pursuant to Minnesota Stat. 161.28, praying that he be allowed to make minor alterations in County Ditch No. 7, County Ditch No. 20, and County Ditch No. 87. That attached to said Petition now on file is a plan of the minor alterations petitioned for. That the portions of said County Ditch No. 7, County Ditch No. 20, and County Ditch No. 87 which are proposed to be altered are shown by maps and plans attached to said Petition.

That said Petition alleges that it is advantageous and desirable in the construction and maintenance of Trunk Highway No. 109 that said minor alterations be made, and that said minor alterations petitioned for will not affect the functioning nor impair the efficiency of said County Ditch No. 7, County Ditch No. 20, or County Ditch No. 87.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that said Petition will be presented to the County Board at the Courthouse in the City of Blue Earth, Minnesota, on the 3rd day of September 17, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock a.m. at the Faribault County Courthouse Boardroom, 415 North Main, Blue Earth, MN at which time all persons interested in said ditch system may appear and be heard and present arguments for or against the granting of said Petition. The Petition and maps may be at the Faribault County Auditor’s Office or online at www.co.faribault.mn.us .

John L Thompson

Faribault County Auditor-Treasurer-Coordinator

August 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2013

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: March 11, 2004

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $52,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): LaDonna Bruellman and Bruce Bruellman, Wife and Husband

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for MIT Lending, its successors and assigns

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: March 17, 2004

Faribault County Recorder

Document Number: 326652

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to:

CitiMortgage, Inc.

Dated: April 04, 2013

Recorded: April 15, 2013

Faribault County Recorder

Document Number: 361771

Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 100112065678451770

Lender or Broker: MIT Lending

Residential Mortgage Servicer: CitiMortgage, Inc.

Mortgage Originator: Not Applicable

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Faribault

Property Address: 9629 490th Ave, Bricelyn, MN 56014-3057

Tax Parcel ID Number: 080240801

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: A tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section Twenty-four (24) in Township One Hundred Two (102) North, Range Twenty-six (26) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in the County of Faribault, State of Minnesota, described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) of said Section Twenty-four (24); thence north a distance of 618 feet; thence west 323 feet to a point of beginning; thence continuing west 360 feet; thence north 370 feet; thence east 360 feet; thence south 370 feet to point of beginning.

ALSO a strip of land two (2) rods wide the centerline of which is described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) of said Section Twenty-four (24), thence north 701 feet along the east line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE 1/4) to the point of beginning; thence west 323 feet more or less to the point of intersection with the north-south line of the tract above described

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $49,516.84

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: October 01, 2013 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: 320 Dr. H. Russ St., Blue Earth, MN 56013

to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. 580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on April 01, 2014, or the next business day if April 01, 2014 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: August 19, 2013

ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE: CitiMortgage, Inc.

Wilford, Geske & Cook P.A.

Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgagee

8425 Seasons Parkway,

Suite 105

Woodbury, MN 55125-4393

(651) 209-3300

File Number: 028358F01,

August 19, 26,

September 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 20, 2005

MORTGAGOR: Edward G. Croce and Peggy L. Croce, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded October 28, 2005 Faribault County Recorder, Document No. 334015.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Alliance Realty Capital, LLC. Dated September 27, 2012 Recorded November 9, 2012, as Document No. 360090.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100077910004775256

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: FCI Lender Services, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 23416 510th Avenue, Minnesota Lake, MN 56068

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 130090400

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

All that part of the following described tract which lies in the East Half of the Southwest Quarter (E1/2 or SW1/4) of Section Nine (9) in Township One Hundred Four (104) North, Range Twenty-five (25) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in the County of Faribault and State of Minnesota.

Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of Section Nine (9), thence North 90 degrees – 00 minutes 00 seconds East (assumed bearing) along the South line of said Southwest Quarter a distance of 1306.66 feet to the intersection of the southerly extension of the centerline of County State Aid Highway No. 21 (said extension bearing South 0 degrees – 33 minutes – 06 seconds East) and the South line of the Southwest Quarter of Section Nine (9) thence North 0 degrees – 33 minutes – 06 seconds West along the southerly highway centerline extension and the highway center line a distance of 2079.10 feet to the point of beginning of the tract to be described: thence continuing North 0 degree – 33 minutes – 06 seconds West along said highway center line a distance of 259.06 feet, thence North 89 degrees – 26 minutes – 54 seconds East a distance of 148.00 feet, thence South 0 degrees – 33 minutes – 06 seconds East parallel with the highway centerline a distance of 114.06 feet, thence North 89 degrees – 26 minutes – 54 seconds East a distance of 36.00 feet, thence South 0 degrees – 33 minutes – 06 seconds East parallel with the highway centerline a distance of 145.00 feet, thence South 89 degrees – 26 minutes – 54 seconds West a distance of 184.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the easement for the right-of-way of County State Aid Highway No. 21 being a strip of land 49.50 feet wide lying adjacent to and Easterly of the highway centerline.

Said tract contains 1.00 acres of land more or less including the highway easement.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Faribault

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $88,000.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $94,033.80

That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: October 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Office, Faribault County Jail, 320 Dr. H. Russ Street, Blue Earth, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. 580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on April 18, 2014, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: August 16, 2013

Alliance Realty Capital, LLC

Mortgagee/Assignee of

Mortgagee

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.

Attorneys for Mortgagee/

Assignee of Mortgagee

4500 Park Glen Road #300

Minneapolis, MN 55416

(952) 925-6888

103 – 13-004476 FC

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

August 26, September 2, 9,16, 23, 30, 2013

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REQUEST FOR BIDS

REQUEST FOR BIDS

The City of Bricelyn is accepting bids for street repair for the 2013 season. Bid should be for 1,100 square yards for one block of street reconstruction and 1,100 square yards for spot patching. Any questions or for more details please call the City Clerk’s office at 507-653-4367. Deadline for bids will be September 15, 2013. Send bids to City of Bricelyn, PO Box 338, Bricelyn, MN 56014.

August 26, Sept. 2, 9, 2013

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STATE OF MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF FARIBAULT

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DISTRICT COURT

PROBATE DIVISION

Court File No. 22 PR 13 485

Estate of: Luella Markle

Decedent

NOTICE AND?ORDER?OF?HEARING ON PETITION

FOR PROBATE OF WILL

AND APPOINTMENT OF

PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE AND

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on September 24, 2013, at 10:30 o’clock a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at Blue Earth, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of Decedent, dated December 6, 2001, and for the appointment of Vance Markle whose address is 19799 393rd Avenue, Winnebago, MN 56098 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an Unsupervised administration.

Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the Estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

A charitable beneficiary may request notice of the probate proceedings be given to the Attorney General pursuant to Minn. Stat. 501B.41, subd. 5.

Dated: August 15, 2013

BY THE COURT

Douglas L. Richards,

Judge of District Court

Adele Kiehm,

Deputy Court Administrator

(COURT?SEAL)

Dated: August 15, 2013

Attorney For

Personal Representative

R. William Barke

SPENCER, BARKE &

VIESSELMAN

114 West Sixth Street,

PO Box 127

Blue Earth, MN 56013-0127

Attorney License No: 166352

Telephone: (507) 526-2141

FAX: 507-526-5307

Email: sbvlaw@bevcomm.net

August 26, Sept. 2, 2013

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FARIBAULT COUNTY

BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

SYNOPSIS

AUGUST 6, 2013

1. All members were present. The pledge of allegiance was recited.

2. Approved synopsis and official proceedings of July 18, 2013 special meeting and July 23, 2013 regular meeting.

3. Approved agenda of August 6, 2013.

4. Approved cashing out of 125 hours of paid time off (non-supervisory rate) by Joe Anderson due to his promotion to Chief Jailer in the Sheriff Department per personnel policy 303 language.

5. Approved using the $5,252 from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 2014-2015 snowmobile and ATV grant to replace ATVs.

6. Approved Resolution 13-CB-23 to enter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota to provide public transportation service and provide 15% of total operating costs and 20% of capital costs. Commissioners Groskreutz, Loveall, Roper, Warmka, and Young voted yes.

7. Motion made to approve request from Easton State Bank to accept $500 in lieu of an SCDL mortgage. Tabled request until the August 20, 2013 regular meeting.

8. Approved notifying Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) that Faribault County will no longer fund RC&D effective December 31, 2013.

9. Approved bid letting for a bridge in Walnut Lake Township at 11:00 a.m. on September 11, 2013. Commissioners Roper, Loveall, and Young voted yes. Commissioners Groskreutz and Warmka voted no.

10. Approved obtaining quotes for a pickup and a tandem truck.

11. Accepted quote from Patten Roofing for repair to the roof on the Blue Earth garage for $16,800. One other quote was received from Schwickert’s for $43,935.

12. Approved request from S. Linde to attend a 2-day firearms instructor re-certification course in Willmar; from D. Fellows to attend a 3-day Mn Public Employer Labor Relations Assoc. conference in Alexandria.

13. Set Minnesota Department of Transportation hearing for CD7, CD20, and CD87 for 11:00 a.m. on September 3, 2013.

14. Closed meeting for labor negotiations.

15. Approved payment bills totaling $140,617.19.

Discussion was held concerning the following:

1. D. Fellows met regarding central services business.

2. M. Gormley and S. Adams met regarding sheriff business.

3. J. McDonald met regarding public works business.

Complete minutes are on file in the Central Services Office.

The meeting was recessed to Drainage Authority meeting.

Greg Young, Chairman

John Thompson, Auditor/

Treasurer/Coordinator

September 2, 2013

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the Operations Manager of Blue Earth Light & Water, Blue Earth, Minnesota, at his office until 1:15 P.M. on the 26th day of September 2013, for the Power Plant Control Panel Installation and Rice Street Substation Relay Upgrades, at which time the bids shall be publicly opened and read aloud.

The work is described in general as follows:

The installation of the Owner-furnished 15 kV control panels in the Power Plant along with associated control/power cabling and cable tray work. At the Rice Street Substation, the project includes replacing the existing relays in the 15 kV switchgear and installing a new DC system, associated control/power cabling, and cable tray.

The above work shall be in accordance with the specifications and proposed form of contract now on file in the office of Blue Earth Light & Water in Blue Earth, Minnesota, by this reference made a part hereof, as though fully set out and incorporated herein.

Contractors desiring a copy of the project documents for individual use may obtain them from www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $15 by inputting Quest project #2897948 on the website’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. An optional paper set of the proposal forms and specifications for individual use may be obtained from the office of the Engineer, DGR Engineering, 1302 South Union, P.O. Box 511, Rock Rapids, Iowa 51246, telephone 712-472-2531, Fax 712-472-2710, e-mail: dgr@dgr.com, upon payment of $100, none of which is refundable.

All bids shall be made on proposal forms furnished by the Engineer and shall be accompanied by bid security in the form of a certified check or bid bond, made payable to Blue Earth Light & Water, Blue Earth, Minnesota, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid, which security becomes the property of Blue Earth Light & Water in the event the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract and post satisfactory performance and payment bonds.

Payment to the Contractor will be made on the basis of ninety percent (90%) upon certification of work completed monthly with a ten percent (10%) retention held. The total ten percent (10%) retention held will be released coordinating to the Contract documents.

The construction shall be performed upon a Notice to Proceed issuance. Substantial completion of the project shall be no later than February 1, 2014. See the specifications for more details on construction timing requirements.

Blue Earth Light & Water reserves the right to defer acceptance of any proposal for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after the date proposals are received and no proposal may be withdrawn during this period. Blue Earth Light & Water also reserves the right to reject any or all bids and enter into such contract as it shall deem to be in the best interest of Blue Earth Light & Water.

BLUE EARTH

LIGHT AND WATER

By: /s/ Tim Stoner

General Manager

September 2, 2013

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