Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their 2nd monthly meeting on Monday, June 21st, which was the last meeting for Mahnomen City Administrator Mitch Berg who is leaving to take a position at the University of Minnesota-Crookston. Still, lots of business to be acted on, however. The Mahnomen City Council at the meeting…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, June 7th. At the meeting, the council held a discussion on an easement and potential land swap to and from the White Earth Nation, according to Mahnomen City Administrator Berg. The council also welcomed interim City Administrator Kari Kirschbaum, who…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council has selected Kari Kirshbaum to fill in as Interim City Administrator while they begin the search for a full-time replacement. Kirshbaum, the former Gary Mayor and current Chair of the Norman County EDA, will temporarily take over for the outgoing Administrator Mitch Berg. Berg, who recommended Kirschbaum to…
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Mahnomen, MN — Since the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020, the City of Mahnomen has been deferring water shut offs and also suspending the collection of late penalties. But as the pandemic comes to an end, the Mahnomen City Council is reversing that decision and will now begin reinstating late penalties and…
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Mahnomen, MN — Mahnomen City Administrator Mitch Berg announced he would be stepping down from his position later this summer to take a role at the University of Minnesota Crookston. Berg submitted his resignation at the Mahnomen City council meeting on Monday night, May 17th and announced that he will take over as the new…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council reviewed and awarded bids for the upcoming Fire Hall remodel project at their regular monthly meeting on Monday night. There were concerns that bids for the estimated $1.5 million dollar project would come in much higher due to high cost of constructions materials and because they only received…
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Mahnomen, MN — Starting this past week, the city of Mahnomen kicked of their 3rd phase of their Capital Water and Sewer Project and for those impacted they will likely have minimal parking access and could experience temporary loss of service. Mahnomen City Administrator Mitch Berg gives us an update on this year’s project. For…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their 2nd regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 19th. It was an important meeting for the council as they approved a resolution to issue $1.6 million in general obligation capital improvement plan bonds, which essentially gives the green light for the $1.9 million Mahnomen Fire Hall renovation.…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their first regular monthly meeting on Monday night, April 5th. At the meeting, the council reviewed bids for the sale of bonds for a $620,000 water treatment plant and well project that includes an emergency backup generator. The council eventually approved a bid with the local United…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their second regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, February 16th where they continued on with the next phase of their Strategic Visioning and Tactical Planning sessions. At the previous meeting, the council established four distinct goals for the city, which include: Encourage Economic Vitality Provide and Maintain the…
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