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“We’re really working hard to get a national retailer on the north end of town and expand the market since Shopko left. That was our biggest goal to get this done,” Frank Krohmer said.

Partnership with Northwest Iowa Community College would give students opportunity to fulfill internship requirement to become paramedics.

Mayor Bob Everson said a key reason the city sought to implement the sales tax incentive program is to facilitate a new retail business that’s interested in opening on the north side of Mitchell.

The Mitchell City Council has voted to offer a tax grant incentive program for retail business.

Mitchell Mayor Bob Everson said the land swap will allow the city to build new water distribution pipes that were planned for the area.

The city would give up 4 acres of land near the ground water storage tank and $10,000 in exchange for 6.7 acres of land along Highway 37.

Watching buildings get knocked down isn’t something city leaders enjoy, but they agree it’s a necessary last resort to remove Main Street eyesores and nuisance properties.

Mayor Bob Everson said selling additional land surrounding Lake Mitchell isn't "set in stone," but noted another near $1 million for future lake restoration work could provide solid funding boost.

City Attorney Justin Johnson asked the council to begin considering whether it will enforce the regulation requiring a dispensary license holder to make a sale within six months to keep it active.

Among the seven lots that were up for grabs, the highest bid for one lot amounted to $200,000. The $200,000 lot was awarded to Boyd Reimnitz, who owns a nearby lake home.