Members of the White Earth Nation Tribal Council shared their vision for the return of the White Earth Forest with the Becker County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. The Commissioners then shared their own different view. However both sides say they are willing to keep the dialog going.
After five months and two rounds of candidate searches for the new Isanti County Administrator, it took the Board of Commissioners less than five minutes following finalist interviews to make
Letter to the editor: Becker County Board should address COVID-19 vaccine
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Written By:
Donald Johnson, Detroit Lakes | 2:02 pm, Apr. 27, 2021 ×
To the editor:
It appears that the Becker County Board of Commissioners have decided that it is a good idea to put their written political support behind causes that they feel make a difference to Becker County residents (i.e., the Second Amendment Resolution). These types of bold political moves can cause some controversy among people with differing political views. The commissioners have taken the view that making a statement, no matter how little power they have to enforce it, allows several of our residents to feel bett
Becker County Courthouse
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO KDLM) – Becker County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to become a 2nd Amendment Dedicated County, Tuesday.
Commissioner Ben Grimsley asked the county to consider the request in February after a resident voiced his concerns about gun control legislation that has been talked about on a Federal level since the November election.
A number of counties in Minnesota including Wadena, Wright and Clearwater have already adopted Second Amendment resolutions which prohibits the enforcement of gun control legislation.
Though the commission approved the resolution unanimously, not all in attendance were in favor of the resolution. Terry Kalil with the League of Women Voters urged the commission to at the very least hold a public forum before voting, “there’s been no public hearing, this was an agenda item coming out of open forum, next thing we know its on the agenda…and the only public notice was on the bottom of
Letter: Thanks for sound judgment of Becker County commissioners
Becker County should not encourage illegal activity as an official policy. It is unethical and problematic for taxpayers.
Written By:
David L. Stowman, Detroit Lakes | 8:08 am, Dec. 24, 2020 ×
To the editor:
Becker County taxpayers owe a debt of gratitude to County Commissioners Barry Nelson, John Okeson, and Don Skarie. They are protecting us by exercising sound judgment.
Earlier this year, The Becker County Board of Commissioners passed resolution 06-20-1E, titled “Constitutional and Business Friendly Community.” Support for local business is intended by the resolution but there are unintended consequences. The resolution encourages on-sale liquor establishments to engage in activity which is in contravention of state emergency executive orders. Each alcohol sale becomes an illegal sale. A business acting on encouragement by the resolution, potentially, may lose their liquor license