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NISSWA — Nisswa will start the new year with a new city planner and a new parks maintenance technician.

City planner Brittney Cotner resigns

Council discusses whether one or two business owners or operators who don't live in Nisswa should be allowed on a commission or committee.

Residents cite environmental concerns if development is allowed Written By: Nancy Vogt | × This city signs at the roundabout welcomes motorists to Nisswa. After listening to 12 people, the Nisswa City Council voiced concerns but ultimately approved a rezoning request for property between Roy and Bass lakes on the Gull Chain of Lakes. The vote was 4-1. The request pertains to a 26.57-acre parcel that the council agreed to rezone from open space residential to shoreline residenti...

Cotner agrees to stay with Nisswa as city planner instead of leaving for another job Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Brittney Cotner, a new face at Nisswa City Hall as the citys planning and zoning administrator, considers her cool, analytical nature a benefit in her out-of-the-ordinary hobby. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal Nisswa won’t lose its planning and zoning administrator after all. Instead, Brittney Cotner will become city planner at a higher salary after the Nisswa City Co...

Council will hold special meeting in early February to interview applicants and appoint one. Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Nisswa City Council members Mark Utzinger (left), Mayor John Ryan, Ross Krautkremer and Don Jacobson met for their first regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 19. The council now meets the third Tuesday of the month instead of the third Wednesday.Screenshot / Nancy Vogt Not only will Nisswa have a new council member soon, the city will also look for a new planning and...

Brainerd School Board 1. Call the meeting to order and roll call: 2. Announcement by Chair Haglin: Due to the current federal and state emergency declarations, the Minnesota directive to residents to stay at home, and guidance about limiting person-to-person contact due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting of the Brainerd School Board is being conducted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.021— Meetings by Telephone or Other Electronic Means. Persons may monitor this meeting from a rem...