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It’s been a stormy start to the summer season in north-central Minnesota, with the National Weather Service issuing a multitude of severe thunderstorm watches and warnings.
Land services staff sought direction from the board on whether to continue incineration operations, given just one CWD-positive deer was confirmed during the two hunting seasons since January 2019.
During its Tuesday, June 21, committee of the whole meeting, the County Board heard from County Attorney Don Ryan and Corrections Manager Krista Jones, who said the current configurations of workspaces are not ideal.
Commissioner Bill Brekken asked Chairman Doug Houge to address Troy Scheffler ahead of his comments. Scheffler, whose most frequent target as of late is the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office, filed last month to challenge four-term Commissioner Rosemary Franzen to represent District 4.
The petitioner began the process more than three years ago to establish a permanent route to the 63-acre property on Nelson Lake in northeastern Crow Wing. The nearest public road does not allow access to the property and the neighborly dispute means using the private road crossing others’ properties is no longer an option.