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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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…
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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…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—There was an award presentation at Monday night’s Mahnomen City Council meeting. The City was awarded the Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (pictured). Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther talks about the recognition. Also at Monday’s meeting, it was announced that the City of Mahnomen has received $1.126 million…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—The Mahnomen City Council was busy at Tuesday night’s regular meeting. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther says the Council voted to buy a lot on Main Street. Guenther says the City of Mahnomen has been asking local artists to design a canoe that would be placed in front of City Hall…and the Council chose…
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MAHNOMEN, MN—The Mahnomen City Council held its truth in taxation hearing at Monday night’s council meeting. Mahnomen City Administrator Taylor Guenther tells us what the 2024 levy will be. According to city documents, Mahnomen’s 2024 budget lists just over $4.25 million in revenues with just under $4.5 million in spending. Also at Monday’s meeting, the…
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