Denise Martin
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Cannabis business gets North Branch council OK 4-1
The Wild River Cannabis LLC retail operation saw North Branch council approve its local registration, which then allows the business to go for state inspections and licensing Registration was approved last week 4-1.
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Food shelf programs doing what they do, as fed aid uncertainty lingers
As of print deadline November 4, the county Health & Human Services Director was waiting to get firm numbers on the Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program’s level of funding with the word of the week being, uncertainty.
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Battery storage project: Public hearing reviews EA
Attendance was sparse at last week’s administrative law hearing to review the environmental assessment as part of the permit sought for a cluster of batteries, proposed for the south edge of the city of North Branch, just east of County Road 14 and north of Jensen Road.
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Household Hazardous Waste facility ready for the next 20 years
A couple dozen people gathered on October 29 at the County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, in North Branch, to commemorate the completion of a total rehab of the building and its storage yard. The HHWF had become cramped and was not functioning as well as it could, so the state Pollution Control Agency, the county and city of North Branch cooperated on accomplishing a redesign of the building, which is at 39649 Grand Avenue, in the city industrial park. Funding for the projects adding cold storage, safety and first aid space, access and improving offices was split 50-50 through a grant the county shared with the PCA.
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Wyoming council adopts 2025 projects assessment roll
If you have property in the Hawk Meadows area of Wyoming city, watch your mail for the bill for those street projects done in 2025. The assessment roll was adopted by the city council last week, with just one citizen attending the public hearing. The only concern for this person was when the assessment could be paid off. He was advised ‘right away’ to avoid interest for over five years.
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Driver gets 48 months for Nessel Township fatal crash
Ashlee Rose Klapperick, 36, charged with one count of vehicular homicide and two counts of bodily harm in connection with a crash last spring on Rush Lake Trail, in Nessel Township, was sent to Shakopee Women’s Correctional Facility Monday this week for 48 months. She has been held for 224 days.
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NB makes street improvements in NW Old Town a priority
The process to pursue multi-million dollars in street improvements in North Branch got the green light from city leaders last week. Next step is for the North Branch engineering consultants, WSB to put together a feasibility study with some cost projections for potentially going out for bids. The rough estimate at this time is $5 million.
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Taylors Falls council tackles code variance requests
The owner of a residence on Plateau Street that is bringing the historic home back to life after damage from a lightning strike, was approved last week by Taylors Falls City Council to position a new “carriage house” style garage on an adjacent vacant lot, which he also owns.
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License plate readers working as intended
The City of Wyoming in the few days that four new license plate reader devices were activated on local roads — reviewed data on 1,100 “alerts” identifying license plates tied to everything from revoked and/or suspended drivers, stolen vehicles or plates and one driver was arrested alleged to have violated a no contact order.
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