By TOM WEST Dairyland Peach The Special Redistricting Panel ordered by the Minnesota Supreme Court set new legislative and congressional district boundaries on Tuesday for state elections held through 2020. Eastern Stearns County outside of St. Cloud, St. Augusta and most of Waite Park will be in state Senate District 13. Western Stearns County will Read more »
The Melrose Planning and Zoning Commission will be hosting a community meeting at the Melrose City Center on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be to gather input and recommendations for the updating of the city’s zoning and land subdivision ordinances. The nine-month update process will include such topics Read more »
By John Michaelson Minnesota News Connection Gov. Mark Dayton says job creation will be his top priority in the 2012 legislative session, and on Wednesday, Jan.11, he laid out his plan. It includes a $3,000 tax credit for businesses for each unemployed person, veteran or recent graduate they hire. Among those in support is Minnesota Read more »
On Monday, Feb. 13, at 1:45 p.m., the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Todd County Sheriff’s Office will present lifesaving awards to Mercedes Eke and Kali Arnzen. This presentation will take place at the Sauk Centre High School at 903 State Road, Sauk Centre, MN. On Dec. 29, 2011, Eke and Arnzen were Read more »
By LIZ VERLEY, Staff Writer The Swanville City Council called for a clarification of the remodeling bids it received pertaining to the changes at city hall and the senior center. Following a discussion at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, the Council felt it did not have enough information on the bids to award them to either Read more »
By LIZ VERLEY, Staff Writer Upsala City Administrator Adrian Welle told council members Monday that he has not received any inquires about the open council seat. Former Council Member Lynn Depa tendered her resignation effective Dec. 31, 2010. Depa’s letter of resignation stated, “For personal reasons, I am no longer able to continue being a Read more »
By LIZ VERLEY, Staff Writer The Upsala City Council accepted quotes from Preferred Controls Corp. of Albany to replace the programmable logic controller (PLC) and main computer upgrade at the city’s water plant. The PLC is the brains of the computer system at the water plant. Monday, the Council heard the 16-year- old system keeps Read more »
Due to an inputting error by the Minnesota Republican Party, many of the GOP precinct caucus locations listed in last week’s Dairyland Peach were in error. The incorrect locations in that article were taken from the Secretary of State’s Web site, and had yet to be changed as of Tuesday. However, District 13A Republican Coordinator Read more »
State Sen. Joe Gimse, R-Willmar, and Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, will host a town hall meeting for residents of Sauk Centre and Senate District 13 on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Lynx National Golf Course, 40204 Primrose Lane, Sauk Centre. The lawmakers will give a preview of the 2012 Legislative Session and will take questions Read more »
By John Michaelson, Minnesota News Connection Advocates for kids in Minnesota are watching closely as the 2012 Legislature opened for business Tuesday. Alex Fitzsimmons, legislative affairs and advocacy director for Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota, says there are working parents in three-fourths of all families in poverty in Minnesota, so one way to offer more support for Read more »
