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San Mateo County publicly discussed possibilities to establish an oversight committee for the county Sheriff's Office for the first time during the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
A vision for a public bank in the East Bay -- and possibly only the second one in the country -- got a boost last week when Alameda County supervisors voted to give $75,000 to a group aiming to start one.
lbradstream@timesrepublican.com T-R PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM — As of Monday, Steve Hoffman resigned his position as the Marshall County Sheriff. The Marshall County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Wednesday to decide how to move forward. Effective at 5 p.m. on Monday, Marshall County Sheriff Steve Hoffman will resign from his position. Marshall County Auditor Nan Benson confirmed the news, saying Hoffman emailed her a letter stating the time of his resignation. The email was sent after 5 p.m. on Friday. “He will no longer be sheriff as of 5 p.m.,” she said. Hoffman...
After commitments to follow through, the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to require review of hog and cattle confinement operations of more than 3,000 head. The resolution requires large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations to be reviewed through the state of Iowaâs master matrix before construction can begin. The board has had this resolution in place in the past, which supervisors believe has kept some of these big operations from establishing themselves in the county so far. âMost of the proposals are strategically under the animal units so that ...