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Closing earlier would put the county on par with other counties in the state and could be used as an employee incentive, officials said.

Deborah Erickson will be the county's fourth administrator succeeding Tim Houle, who has been Crow Wing County's administrator for the last 16 years.

The Crow Wing County engineer's estimate was for $380,036 and the bid for the work came in at $442,684 for about 3 million linear feet of pavement markings

Efforts viewed in making a difference in emergency calls and in jail recidivism

Crow Wing County Board heard a request to look into the issue connecting it as a way to deal with illicit and illegal activity. Administrator Tim Houle wanted more documentation showing a problem.

Ted Van Kempen was elected chairman, Craig Gaasvig vice chair and Steve Barrows secretary/treasurer.

Clay County sought support as it requests state bond funds to develop a psychiatric residential treatment facility.

Descendents of miners were among the hundreds who gathered Monday, exactly 100 years after the state's worst mining disaster in history

Event remembers 100th anniversary of the worst mining disaster in Minnesota, the lives lost and families affected for generations.

Descendents of miners were among the hundreds who gathered Monday, exactly 100 years after the state's worst mining disaster in history