A Rochester man’s proposal to turn a portion of southeast Minnesota’s Driftless region into a national park died less than a month after he proposed it this year. But discussion about protection and promotion of the region — which stretches into northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin and northwest Illinois — continues.
With idea to establish a national park in the Driftless area of Southwest Minnesota set aside, the discussion about preservation and promotion continues.
Judge sends Daley Farm request back to Board of Adjustment
Winona County's Board of Adjustment will again hear the Daleys' request for a waiver of the animal unit cap. 10:50 pm, Jan. 25, 2021 ×
Members of the Winona County Board of Adjustments, from left, Wendy Larson, Philip Schwantz, Cherie Hales, Larry Greden and Rachel Stoll, listen to testimony before the board concerning the proposed expansion of Daley Farm during a Feb. 21, 2019, BOA meeting. (Post Bulletin file photo)(Post Bulletin file photo)
WINONA — First Judicial District Judge Kevin F. Mark has ruled that a February 2019 decision by the Winona County Board of Adjustment is void and the 2021 version of that board must again hear the request for a waiver by Daley Farm LLC of Lewiston.
County Board names new BOA (1/6/2021)
With often-contentious appointment decisions on the docket and tensions high around the ongoing Daley Farm lawsuit, the Winona County Board majority extended some olive branches at its last meeting. Meanwhile, in response to the lawsuit’s revelations, County Board Chair Marcia Ward raised the prospect of rejecting the reappointment of a Planning Commission member.
County Board member Chris Meyer has historically voted with fellow members Greg Olson and Marie Kovecsi to appoint environmentally minded citizens to the Board of Adjustment (BOA), but on Tuesday, Meyer joined Ward and County Board member Steve Jacob in voting 3-2 to appoint Jordan Potter — who ran against Olson in last fall’s County Board election — to the BOA. Kovecsi and Olson voted against Potter’s appointment. During the election, Potter voiced support for reconsidering the county’s limit on farm size — the impetus for the Daley dispute — and criticized Olson as unfairly blaming water pollution on local farms. A judge in the Daley Farm lawsuit criticized the County Board majority for appointing members to the BOA in 2019 that, the judge said, the board knew in advance would oppose the Daley Farm’s proposed farm expansion.
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