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Liberty County Commissioners met Tuesday to discuss a number of important agenda items, but none more important than the amount of pay local elected county officials will be receiving in the near future. Now for all of you getting ready to get bent out of shape about the raises they gave themselves, because there will not be increases in pay to the salaries of the commissioners or county judge, at least not this go around. The court however voted to increase salaries of all other elected offici...

Nationally known leader in road safety retires from Otter Tail County Rick West is credited with saving scores of lives through road safety measures and has been a leader among Minnesota engineers. 5:17 pm, May 25, 2021 × Rick West Otter Tail County commissioners and staff paid a heartfelt tribute to retiring Public Works Director Rick West, who has received national recognition for his work making roads safer. West was hired as county engineer for Otter Tail County in 1...

Commission talks updates on county roads The Marion County Board of Commissioner met for their weekly meeting on Monday. The highlight of the meeting was hearing an update on progress being made on getting rock distributed out to roads in serious need of it. Brice Goebel, County Engineer gave the update to the commissioners. Goebel expressed gratitude to everyone who reached out to him the past week to express condolences on his mother dying. “I appreciate that and it goes a long way. It’s ...

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The Itasca County Board met for a regular session at the Itasca County Courthouse on Tuesday. During the meeting, commissioners approved an additional $15,000 in expected legal expenses for relocation efforts related to property acquisition for the construction of the new correctional facilities. Attorneys with Rinke Noonan provided a letter why the budget had gone beyond its initial contract. The county board approved the original contract in August 2020. The board felt the issue was beyond th...

The Itasca County Board of Commissioners officially opposed the parole of James Shane Swanson this week and recommended his continued incarceration.  The recommendation came during the county board’s work session on Tuesday, April 20. The board felt the release of Swanson “would create an extreme safety risk.”  Swanson was convicted of four counts of first degree murder and one count of kidnapping on Dec. 14, 1994. Swanson and his co-defendant admitted to the killing of Car...

The Itasca County Board of Commissioners approved settlements of 2021 salary appeals with both Sheriff  Victor Williams and Auditor/Treasurer Jeff Walker last week.  During their regular meeting on April 13, commissioners approved an agreement reached by the county and Williams, resolving the 2021 salary appeal. Williams filed an appeal of his 2021 salary in December 2020. The agreement sets the 2021 salary for Sheriff Williams in the amount of $127,633.48. The sheriff salary was set at $...

Andersen says he shared the county’s minimum requirements that call for the road to be 22 feet wide and eight inches thick with the City of Glidden. They responded, indicating there does not appear to be a problem with meeting the stipulations for the roughly 750 feet of work. Glidden has already put out a request for bids on other paving projects and would like to add this to the list. After receiving general approval from the supervisors to move ahead, Andersen says he will review the propo...

Please, reenter the code in the captcha! The link was successfully Sent! Ooops!:( An error has occurred!   Highland County commissioners appoint interim JFS director Pictured (l-r) are Highland County commissioners David Daniels, Jeff Duncan and Terry Britton. (HCP Photo/Caitlin Forsha) During two brief sessions Wednesday, April 21, Highland County commissioners Jeff Duncan, Terry Britton and David Daniels appointed an interim Job & F...

Monday, April 19, 2021 By Paul Struck Editor At last week’s Cherokee County Board of Supervisors meeting, County Engineer Sarah Tracy explained an amendment to the current year’s DOT budget and requested approval from the Supervisors to reallocate funds. The Board approved an amendment to the FY21 DOT Budget transferring $1 million from roadway construction to roadway maintenance. Larry Walker, Roads Superintendent, presented quotes from John Deere and Caterpillar for a new motor grader a...