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The Pine County Board approved a request to apply for state funding to remodel the Pine County Jail during a meeting on June 6. Every two years, the Department of Corrections inspects the Pine County Jail to make sure it is meeting the requirements outlined by the State of Minnesota. Since it began operation in 2008, Jail Administrator Rod Williamson said that the facility's needs and those state requirements have changed. "One of those requirements that we don't meet regularly, although we do g

The Kanabec County Board of Commissioners declined to take action on a petition regarding the north quarter-mile of Hornet Street in Hillman Township during Tuesday’s meeting. The board unanimously voted to adopt a resolution stating that the county lacks legal authority or jurisdiction to act on the petition, which was brought to the board by Hillman Township residents Renee and Andy Crisman on March 7. Board chair Rickey Mattson said the 2022 appellate court ruling regarding the road’s mainten