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New Hampton Tribune Home / News / Former Board of Health member files lawsuit against county and supervisor Former Board of Health member files lawsuit against county and supervisor Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:03am Bob Fenske Johnson claims he was libeled and slandered By: Bob Fenske A former Chickasaw County Board of Health member has filed a lawsuit against Chickasaw County and one of its supervisors claiming that he was libeled and slandered during the county’s attempt to remove him from the board. In a lawsuit filed last month by Osage attorney Aaron Murphy, Terry J...
New Hampton Tribune Home / News / Contentious supervisors OK budget Contentious supervisors OK budget Chickasaw County board votes 3-2 to approve 2021-22 tax levy By: Bob Fenske Twenty-eight days elapsed between budget hearings held by the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors, but not much else changed Monday. The levy rate stayed the same, the total expenditures stayed the same and unanimity couldn’t be found, but thanks to a 3-2 vote, the county now officially has its 2021-22 budget and tax levy in place. Like they did in late February when they set the “maximum levy,” the supervis...
Ambulance Council approves new two-year contract Wed, 03/17/2021 - 10:34am Bob Fenske New deal will begin July 1; council members also approve budget and rental space By: Bob Fenske The Chickasaw Ambulance Council unanimously approved a two-year contract with the county's current ambulance provider during a meeting Tuesday evening in which council members also approved a budget and a rental agreement to house two ambulances. Tuesday's meeting got off to a rocky start when Bassett Mayor Jim Ashley and Chickasaw Ambulance Service owner Jeremy McGrath argued over Ashl...
coloffmediaJanuary 12, 2021Last Updated: January 12, 2021 And the Chickasaw Board of Supervisors has a new chairman. At the first supervisors meeting of the year, it was apparently time for now-former chairman Jacob Hackman to relinquish his position – a post he previously held for the last three years. Rick Holthaus was nominated during the meeting and after a 3-2 vote, was elected as the new board chairman. Holthaus was a supervisor for eight years having held two full terms from 2009 to 2017. Upon receiving the nod to be chairman, he was quoted by the New Hampton Tribune as to saying...