CROOKSTON, MN—A Polk County Judge has ruled on several motions in Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against her former employer, Fair Meadow Nursing Home, the City of Fertile and Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. Polk County District Judge Ann Rasmusson ruled Tuesday on several motions that had been filed in April. Leiting filed suit against the City of…
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At Monday night’s meeting, the Fertile City Council approved a data practice policy for people who want copies of public data. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden: Also at Monday’s meeting, City financial records show the City-owned Fair Meadow nursing home is running at a loss. From October 2023 through May of this year, the nursing…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting began with a petition being presented to the Council. It states that residents of Fertile and surrounding areas are concerned about Fair Meadow Nursing Home and want it to remain locally owned and managed…and that citizens of Fertile be allowed to vote on Fair Meadow’s future. Fertile City…
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FERTILE, MN—Much of Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting concerned Fair Meadow Nursing Home. The City of Fertile owns Fair Meadow…and one item approved at Monday’s meeting involved paying Health Dimension Group, which is running the nursing home, $68,000 in overdue invoices. R&J News asked Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden if the City was behind…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A motion hearing has been scheduled for April 24 in the case of Angie Leiting versus the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow Nursing Home and Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. That motion hearing will cover motions for a dismissal of the case, a summary judgment…
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This month’s motion hearing scheduled in the lawsuit involving former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile has been canceled. You’ll remember earlier this month, the original Polk County judge assigned to the case, Jeffrey Remick, recused himself and Judge Anne Rasmusson was assigned to the case. But in court…
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The City of Fertile filed defense motions Friday in its upcoming court case regarding the dismissal of Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting last June. Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens, City Administrator Lisa Liden, and Council Members Amanda Bosman, Mary Kiefert, Todd Wise and Matthew Massman have all signed affidavits saying they “have great respect…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. A new judge has been appointed to hear Angie Leiting’s lawsuit against the City of Fertile. Judge Jeffrey Remick was originally assigned the case in Polk County Court. But in papers filed this week, Remick recused himself. Judge Corey Harbott was assigned the case,…
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R&J News continues to go over court documents in the legal action between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile. Leiting resigned under fire in June 2023 as administrator of the city-owned nursing home. According to court documents, Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens began questioning Fair Meadow’s operations since he…
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R&J News is continuing to examine court documents in the case between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile. Just as Leiting has asked for a summary judgment that would remove Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens and the other four City Council members from office; the attorney representing the City…
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