The Canton City Council met on Wednesday, March 11, and tackled an agenda mainly focused on the city’s significant street and utilities project.  Prior to that discussion, individual departments gave their reports.   Clerk Anne Koliha reported that she has been busy continuing to move through the 2025 fiscal audit.  She also let the council know she was contacted by MPCA … [Read more...]

Andrew Forliti of CohnReznick presented an audit review for the city of Houston, Minn., at its regular city council meeting on March 9. An unmodified “clean” opinion was issued. In his review, Forliti shared that the general levy was up $24,000 from the previous year, a 3% increase. Most of the increase was for the vehicle fund and the infrastructure fund.  Forliti pointed … [Read more...]

At the March 4 meeting, it was made known that the city of Fountain placed Public Works Director John Hanson on unpaid suspension February 20. In attendance at the meeting, in addition to the full council, were Hanson, City Attorney Frederick Suhler and Preston Police Chief Blaise Sass, at the request of the city, and Public Works employee Jordan Amunrud joining via telephone. … [Read more...]

Lanesboro resident Sandy Webb spoke during the public comment portion of the March 2 Lanesboro City Council meeting, representing the Lanesboro Community Theater. This summer, the theater will be performing “A Wrinkle in Time,” and to kick that off, a community read of the book by Madeline L’Engle will begin on March 14. Copies of the book will be available at the Lanesboro and … [Read more...]

At the March 3 meeting of the Houston County Board of Commissioners, a petition with 245 signatures was submitted to the board concerning amendments made to zoning ordinance sections 27.3 and 27.815 in March 2025. The signers of the petition are requesting that the amendments be reverted to their original form as intended when the ordinance was adopted in 2014. According to the … [Read more...]

At the March 2 meeting of the Preston City Council a resolution was adopted to document and confirm a continued sustainable partnership between the city and the Preston Historical Society (PHS). The confirmation of a sustainable partnership to preserve, maintain and operate the Depot Museum Riverfront Center (DMRC) will strengthen and support the grant application to the … [Read more...]

After a long public hearing at the March 3 meeting of the Fillmore County Board, a motion was approved unanimously to take no action, which will put the county under state statute allowing the use of rifles for deer hunting. The establishment of the shotgun zone was repealed by the legislature last year, effective January 1, 2026. County boards of a county located in the … [Read more...]