A motion hearing will be held Thursday morning in the lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow and former Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. Both sides have asked the Polk County Court for summary judgments in the case. Fertile is asking that the case be dismissed;…
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Dozens of pages of depositions have been made publicly available in Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow Nursing Home and former Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. As you may know, Leiting was forced to resign from her job as administrator of Fair Meadow in June of 2023. Her lawsuit alleges the Fertile…
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A financial consultant is claiming former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting has lost over $2 million in earnings capacity following her June 2023 resignation….as well as a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a loss of enjoyment of life. You’ll remember Leiting resigned under fire after several meetings with the Fertile…
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Attorneys for both sides in the lawsuit between the City of Fertile and Angie Leiting, the former administrator of the City-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home, have agreed on timelines for factual discovery and mediation. Factual discovery will now go on until May 9; while the deadline for mediation has been extended from May 16 to…
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CROOKSTON, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. Trial dates have been set for the case of Angie Leiting versus the City of Fertile, Mayor Dan Wilkens and the Fair Meadow Nursing Home. Polk County Judge Anne Rasmusson has ordered a pre-trial hearing for October 17, with a jury trial to…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A special master appointed in the litigation between the City of Fertile, Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens and Fair Meadow Nursing Home against former Fair Meadow administrator Angie Leiting has issued a ruling regarding several documents in the case. You’ll remember Leiting was forced to…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council heard from an upset citizen at Monday’s regular meeting. For almost a year and a half, April Swenby has been asking the Council for data from public meetings and not had a response. Swenby says her concerns have to do with the city-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home. June of 2023…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. Retired Judge Gerald Seibel has accepted his appointment as special master for the court case between the City of Fertile and former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting. Leiting has filed suit against the City of Fertile, Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens and the…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A special master has been appointed in the lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Mayor Dan Wilkens and Fair Meadow–which is owned by the City of Fertile. You’ll remember a year ago, Leiting sued the…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. There was a status conference this week regarding Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow Nursing Home and Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. You’ll remember Leiting resigned her job as Fair Meadow administrator under pressure in August 2023. At the status conference,…
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