(Willmar MN-) December 15th was the final Kandiyohi County Board meeting for two commissioners...Harlan Madsen, who is retiring after 25 years on the board, and Steve Ahmann who was defeated last month by Steve Gardner. Madsen says not being on the county board anymore will put a big hole in his schedule...
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...Madsen, 72, says some of the things he will remember most being involved in include the Green Lake Sanitary Sewer and Water System, the EDC reorganization, the reorganization of the Humane Society, the Emergency Operations Center, Grass Lake project, fighting aquatic invasive species, and various projects like Lake Wakanda, Hubbard, Schultz and Wheeler. He considered running for reelection this past November but reoccurring episodes of heart arrhythmia convinced him to retire. A cancer survivor, Madsen also came down with COVID-19 in September. He has scaled back his farming operation north of Lake Lillian, and will be replaced on the board by Duane Anderson. Commissioner Steve Ahmann of Willmar looked back at his time not only on the county board but the Willmar City Council as well, including the 1996 local options sales tax that resulted in an improved library in Willmar....