Denise Martin
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Lindstrom doesn’t act on a few major items
Nobody could accuse the elected leaders in Lindstrom of not earning their pay. The Lindstrom City Council has met in four special sessions between the final week of April and now, as well as the regular meeting taking three hours last week. And still many well-discussed agenda actions were tabled to gather more information.
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North Branch discusses apartments in work session
A work session for North Branch City Council last week focused on details about a proposal to build a 65 unit apartment complex on the old mainstreet school site, (to right in L-shape with Highway 95 along the bottom) with special income requirements to designate it workforce housing. The apartments in the proposed development would be up to four bedrooms, rents would be kept anywhere from $100 to $200 below market.
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Taylors Falls tackles staffing, unpaid water bills and more
The new city zoning administrator will start her job in Taylors Falls June 20. Mayor Weiberg reported Monday night this week she had accepted the offer as approved by council two weeks prior. (Story Press May 18.)
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Wyoming Council sees audit
The Wyoming City Council approach to balancing expenses and new property tax revenues appears to be keeping the tax capacity rate down, which council was glad to see in the 2022 audit presented by Bergen KDV.
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Ever thought about running a child daycare; special resource fairs for you
Chisago County wants to get the word out to potential child daycare providers and existing centers and family based care businesses that there are resources and aid available. The effort underway includes a special set of public daycare fairs, where you can learn about opening a daycare or expanding one, or advice on tapping into programs that assist financially with food budgets and more. The sessions also look to measure any interest in “pod” daycare operations. A single large facility functions as the core of operations for four or more daycares. This concept spreads the expenses of utility costs, large equipment purchases and food prep work area over multiple users. This works for business owners who want to be independent, but would like to locate a daycare outside of their personal home.
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North Branch council supports censure action against Neider
North Branch City Council members were not buying excuses put forward by a fellow council member, Kelly Neider, during a hearing held May 24 considering options to impose consequences for the member’s Code of Conduct violation. They ended up voting to censure Council member Neider, sending a message that her personal, derogatory statements specifically related to citizen and city appointee Patrick Meacham will not be tolerated.
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Taylors Falls extends job offer for zoning administrator, roof replacement delayed
The city of Taylors Falls may be getting a city zoning administrator.
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Bridge project explained in DOT open house
Wisconsin and Minnesota Departments of Transportation held an informational meeting May 10 at Osceola City Hall. The meeting was to bring the public up to speed on the Highway 243 Osceola Bridge project.
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Local community members gather to #StartTheConversation on sextortion
Ignoring all the weird and damaging stuff that can happen to a youngster using the Internet is not a strategy for success. The more curious you are about your child’s Snapchat or Tik Tok connections, the greater the frequency that you check their friends page and ask about who they communicate with, the less likely they are to become victims of sextortion. Millions of child Internet users are asked to send nude images of themselves, as predators get inside their heads. They are then threatened that the photos will be distributed to team members, sent schoolwide or to employers if they don’t pay money.
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