FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council hired an administrator for Fair Meadow Nursing Home at a special Council meeting Monday night. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells R&J News four candidates were interviewed for the position and two finalists were then chosen. Nephew tells us about the Council’s choice. Nephew says the Council made a corresponding move…
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FERTILE, MN—There’s still a “Help Wanted” sign for an administrator at the Fair Meadow Nursing Home in Fertile. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew updates us on the search for a new administrator. The City of Fertile owns Fair Meadow Nursing Home. Meanwhile, at Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting, the Council voted to amend a city…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council has an interesting item on the agenda for Monday night’s Council meeting. There’s a proposal to change the City Code to remove supervisory powers from the Mayor over City staff. If the proposal is approved, the full Council would be in charge of the staff only at a monthly City…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council held a special meeting Monday night to settle several issues. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says one of those was hiring a new city attorney. Council members Mary Keifert, Amanda Bosman and Eileen Todahl voted to hire Cynthia Kirchoff as city attorney. It was also revealed at Monday’s meeting there was…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday night, the Fertile City Council approved its preliminary tax levy and preliminary budget for 2026. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew has the numbers, which includes raises for City employees and higher insurance costs for the City. Nephew says even with a ten percent property tax increase, Fertile’s preliminary budget numbers don’t add up. The…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting had a break for an hour and 20 minutes…while the Council went into closed session to consider allegations or charges against an individual subject to the Council’s authority. The matter wasn’t resolved in that closed session and will be taken up again at the Council’s next meeting on September…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council held a special meeting Tuesday morning. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells us about the meeting. Nephew tells us how many candidates will be interviewed. Fair Meadow Nursing Home, which is owned by the City of Fertile, hasn’t had a permanent administrator since Angie Leiting resigned under pressure in June of…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council made a renewed push to hire an administrator for the City-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home at Monday night’s Council meeting. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says the nursing home’s advisory board made a suggestion that would fill a position that’s been open since Angie Leiting resigned under duress in June 2023.…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting had plenty of discussion, but not much action. The Council did accept bids for an old Ford pickup truck and four payloader tires. Also, John Walters was appointed to the city’s economic development committee. And the Council approved a request for proposal to hire a new attorney to handle…
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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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