The Spring Valley city council held a regular council meeting on August 23 at city hall, with all members present (Luan Ruesink, Chris Danielson, Greg Brooks, John Dols and Mayor Tony Archer).  Also attending was City Clerk/Administrator Deb Zimmer. With a light agenda, the meeting ended in under 15 minutes.  One topic that saw comments from the entire council was the success … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Wefel, attorney and lobbyist for Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) presented to the Rushford Council, August 23, an update of legislative progress in a number of areas. CGMC represents 109 municipalities in Minnesota working on Local Government Aid (LGA) and property taxes, economic development, annexation and land use, transportation, environment and … [Read more...]

Chris Giesen, EDA, outlined the proposal for the Enterprise Drive Development and Incentive Program at the city council’s August 23 meeting. Program details resulted from discussions between the EDA and the Public Works committee. The program will provide an incentive to purchase a lot and to build a new commercial building by providing a rebate to the owner when construction … [Read more...]

On August 23, the Caledonia City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting from 6-7:50 p.m. in the Caledonia City Hall Council Chambers. Council members presen were Mayor DeWayne “Tank” Schroeder, Amanda Ninneman, Robert “Bob” Klug, and David Fitzpatrick. Absent was Brad Rykhus. Mayor Schroeder led the council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The commissioners … [Read more...]

ST. PAUL – State Representative Greg Davids (R-Preston) announces that the City of Harmony has been selected to receive a significant broadband grant. “I congratulate the city and state officials who worked together and made this financing happen,” Davids said. “Reliable broadband is critical to the future success of our rural communities, and this grant will help address … [Read more...]

Fillmore County Public Health encourages all Fillmore County residents and visitors to continue practicing strategies that reduce the risk of serious illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19.  Fillmore County is seeing high community transmission of COVID-19, including the Delta variant, which spreads twice as easily as other virus strains. The Minnesota Department … [Read more...]

On August 9, 2021, the Caledonia City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:22 p.m. in the Caledonia City Hall Council Chambers. Council members present, Mayor DeWayne “Tank” Schroeder, Amanda Ninneman, Robert “Bob” Klug, David Fitzpatrick, and Brad Rykhus. Mayor Schroeder led the council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The commissioners … [Read more...]

The Spring Valley City Council held a regular council meeting on August 9, at city hall, with all members present (Luan Ruesink, Chris Danielson, Greg Brooks, John Dols and Mayor Tony Archer).  Also attending was City Clerk/Administrator Deb Zimmer. A citizen asked about the city’s noise ordinance, and in particular, the signs on the edges of town that inform truckers that … [Read more...]

Kent Whitcomb, director of Member Services at MiEnergy, returned to the Houston City Council’s regular meeting on August 9 to further discuss MiEnergy’s offer of a car charging station for Houston. The offer was for a $5,139 level 2 charger. The 7.7 kW charger would have ports for two vehicles and would charge at the rate of 20–30 miles per hour. The city had contacted … [Read more...]