CROOKSTON, MN—The City of Fertile is asking Polk County for money. At Tuesday’s Polk County Board meeting, billing clerk Stacy Erickson addressed the Board, asking for up to $500,000 for Fair Meadow Nursing Home for COVID-19 issues. Erickson asked if Polk County had some funds from the American Rescue Plan Act that had not been…
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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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FERTILE, MN—On Tuesday, R&J News told you about a special Fertile City Council meeting that would be held this coming Thursday. You can scratch that off your calendar. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden tells R&J News Thursday’s meeting has been canceled. That special closed session meeting was to consider the sale of property. Liden’s cancellation…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council has called a special meeting for Thursday night at 7. This meeting will quickly go into a closed session to develop or consider an offer for the sale of real property. While the agenda doesn’t say which property is being discussed, it’s possible that the Fair Meadow Nursing Home would…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council voted to move ahead with two improvement projects at Monday’s Council meeting. The first was for an addition to the Nature Center building. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden: Liden says the City of Fertile has obtained a $144,000 grant for the project. But that won’t cover the entire cost of…
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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 provided an update on the status of a potential sale of the Fair Meadow Nursing to Cornerstone during their city council meeting on Monday night. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden says discussions are still in the early stages. Liden says the Fertile City Council also agreed to loan money to the…
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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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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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