Mahnomen City Council Meeting Canceled
Monday’s (January 6) scheduled Mahnomen City Council meeting has been canceled because of a lack of a quorum. The next Mahnomen City Council meeting will be Tuesday, January 21.
Hanson’s Final Council Meeting As Mahnomen Mayor
MAHNOMEN, MN—Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting was the last for Mayor Julie Hanson. She chose not to run for re-election in November. Hanson spoke about her four years as mayor. Curtis Uran will succeed Hanson as Mahnomen’s Mayor at the first City Council meeting in January.
Mahnomen City Council Meeting
MAHNOMEN, MN—The Mahnomen City Council approved its tax levy for 2025 at Monday night’s council meeting. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther has the details. The 2024 levy increase was eight and a half percent. Also on Monday, the City Council approved a one dollar increase to water rates and an 85 cent increase to sewer…
Read more
Mahnomen City Council Update
MAHNOMEN, MN—There wasn’t a great deal of business discussed at Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting. The Council approved a three year lease for Craig LaVoi to lease an area known as the Lagoon property—a 35 acre tract of land in Pembina Township, at $105 per acre…for a total annual payment of $3675 per year. The…
Read more
Mahnomen City Council Meets
MAHNOMEN, MN—Mahnomen residents will soon be able to get text messages when there’s an emergency. At Monday night’s Mahnomen City Council meeting, the Council approved buying a program that will send text alerts. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther has more. In other business Monday, the City Council approved an application to split the lot where…
Read more
Mahnomen City Council Sets Preliminary Levy
MAHNOMEN, MN—At Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting, the Council approved its preliminary tax levy for 2025. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther has the news. Guenther and Council members said they’d like the final levy to be around 5 to 6 percent. That final levy will be determined in December. Guenther says there is concern about…
Read more
Mahnomen Mayoral Race Has No Candidates
MAHNOMEN, MN—What happens when you have an election with no candidates? That’s something Mahnomen voters will deal with in November because no one filed to run for mayor. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther says voters will have to write in their choice for Mahnomen’s next mayor. At Monday’s City Council meeting, the Council voted to…
Read more
Monday’s Mahnomen City Council Meeting Canceled
Monday night’s (8/19) Mahnomen City Council meeting has been canceled. That was announced this morning. The next Mahnomen City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 3.
Mahnomen City Council Meets
The Mahnomen City Council held its July meeting on Monday. The Council approved a proposal from Braun Intertec to evaluate the pavement as part of the Main Street and Washington Avenue improvement project. There was discussion about adding a sand volleyball court to the City’s mini park. The discussion was tabled with plans to talk…
Read more
Mahnomen City Council Meets
MAHNOMEN, MN— Monday’s Mahnomen City Council meeting was on the quiet side. The Council heard a presentation from Professor Eric Castle of the University of Minnesota-Crookston on the city’s Emerald Ash-Borer management plan. According to Professor Castle, 66 percent of the trees on city-owned property are ash trees. That’s 463 trees. While the Emerald Ash-Borer…
Read more