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Meeker County public hearing 9/10/24: variance
The Meeker County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at the Courthouse in Litchfield, MN on September 10, 2024 at 5:00pm to consider the following Rezone and Preliminary Plat permit applications and other business before the Board. Joel & Liana L’Esperance, 3523 Long Grove Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI...
Meeker County Board minutes 8/6/24
The Meeker County Board of Commissioners met on August 6, 2024, at the Meeker County Family Services Center in the City of Litchfield, Minnesota. Call to order was at 8:32 a.m. by Board Chair Danny Schiefelbein. Present: Commissioners – Beth Oberg, Julie Bredeson, Paul Johnson, Steve Schmitt and Danny Schiefelbein;...
Litchfield City Council Approves the Midtown Lofts Housing Project
The Litchfield City Council covered several items of business on Monday evening. The meeting began with a Tax Increment Financing public hearing. Mayor Ron Dingmann says no one from the public spoke during the hearing and the Council approved of the TIF district at 415 South Ramsey Avenue for the 60-unit, $11.9-million Midtown Lofts housing project. He says Hannah Rybek reviewed the 11 conditions for the planned unit development from the Planning Commission and the Council approved the PUD.
Litchfield School District Welcomes Superintendent Susan Burris
Students in the Litchfield School District will be heading back to classes soon as school resumes right after Labor Day. This is the first year in Litchfield for new Superintendent Susan Burris. Burris took over as Superintendent on July 1st. She grew up in Paynesville, spent 3 years at Moorhead...
Fall’n Into Fun Fest
The Fall’n into Fun Fest in Downtown Litchfield is just a little over 4 weeks away – on Saturday, September 21st from 10-to-4. There will be a pumpkin hunt, prizes, music, kid’s activities, food, a craft fair, bounce houses and more. Janaye Prieve says part of 2nd...
Discussion over payments to engineering firm at Willmar City Council meeting
(Willmar MN-) The Willmar City Council Monday night tabled action on contracting with Bolton and Menk to do engineering on the city's proposed Open Access Fiber network. City Administrator Leslie Valiant says the city is looking to spend a little over $400,000 with the engineering firm for the project that will involve laying fiber optic cable to every home and business in the city. Valiant says the action was tabled while City Operations Director Kyle Box figures out how much the city has spent so far and the value of the work...
Willmar City Council to hold assessment hearing, discuss response to county letter
(Willmar MN-) The Willmar City Council meets tonight at 630 in the board room on the second floor of the Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Building on North Highway 71. The 2024 Assessment hearing takes place, allowing people affected by street projects this year to discuss what their property was assessed. Plats for a United Community Action Partnership housing project to help people dealing with homelessness will be up for approval, and the city council will discuss how to respond to a letter from Kandiyohi County, but no details have been provided at this point what the letter involves. And the council will discuss an addition to CentraCare, but again, no details provided at this point.
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