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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 residential. The approval at the Tuesday, April 20, council meeting was in line with City Planner Brittney C...

Nisswa, Lake Shore need to pursue avenues for funding to fill a gap. Written By: Nancy Vogt | × The Nisswa City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 16, approved an agreement with Widseth engineering firm for the Gull Lake Trail project. The city is working with Lake Shore, which previously approved the agreement. Both cities are working on the final phase of this trail with construction expected in 2022. The cities received a Legacy grant for $2.4 million toward the project. Widseth’s cost estimates total $237,000 for the design phase and $269,000 for the construction phase. The coun...

He grew up in the area, graduating from Brainerd High School, and moved to Nisswa in 2016. Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Mark Froehle Mark Froehle, a Nisswa resident since 2016, will join the Nisswa City Council for a two-year term that expires at the end of 2022. A four-member council on Monday, Feb. 1, interviewed four applicants to fill Mike Hoff’s term after Hoff moved out of the city limits and resigned his seat. Applicants were Cameron Dorion, Bob Fier, Froehle and Galen Strovers. Mayor John Ryan and council members Don Jacobson, Ross Krautkremer and Mark Utzinger, as we...

Nisswa: Regular council meetings change to Tuesdays Council - with a new mayor, two new council members and one returning council member - holds early reorganizational meeting. Written By: Nancy Vogt | × The Nisswa City Council held a reorganizational meeting Monday, Jan. 11. From left are new council member Mark Utzinger, Mayor John Ryan, new council member Ross Krautkremer and returning council member Don Jacobson. Screenshot / Nancy Vogt Perhaps one of the biggest changes in 2021 for the Nisswa City Council is a change in meeting nights. The council’s regular...