FERTILE, MN—Fertile residents heard from the candidates for Mayor and City Council at a public forum Wednesday night. One question asked was how the City should deal with running the city-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home. This was Mayor Dan Wilkens’ response: Another mayoral candidate, Brian Nephew, gave this answer: The third candidate for Mayor of…
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FERTILE, MN—The City of Fertile will be buying more land for the city’s airport. At Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting, the Council approved buying land near the airport’s runway. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden explains. It will cost $67,100 to acquire the land, but the City’s share will only be just over $3355, with…
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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—Over the last several months, the Fertile City Council has mulled over the possibility of selling the Fair Meadow Nursing Home, which the City owns. At Tuesday’s June meeting, the Fertile City Council hired Diversified Real Estate Services of Minneapolis to determine what the nursing home is worth. Fertile City Administrator Lisa Liden: Also…
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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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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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