The council rescinded a previous motioned that prevented them taking any future action. Written By: Rebecca C. Mariscal | 10:38 am, Feb. 16, 2021 ×
HUDSON The council opened up its options for future COVID-19 measures by rescinding a September 2020 decision that denied establishing an emergency order and putting citywide preventions in place.
The move does not adopt any measures, but clears the deck, City Attorney Catherine Munkittrick said. The previous decision blocked the council from any future action on the topic, and rescinding it now allows members to act if the council so chooses.
“It just neutralizes the topic,” Munkittrick said.
Council member Paul Deziel requested the action after the state mask mandate was first revoked and then reinstituted. As a public official, he said, he felt uncomfortable with the situation.
Hudson ends early bar close
Quiet nights and increasing litigation concerns prompted the end of the emergency order that closed establishments early on weekends. Written By: Rebecca C. Mariscal | 8:07 am, Feb. 2, 2021 ×
HUDSON After nearly two months, the early close for bars and restaurants came to an end with a tie-breaking vote from Mayor Rich O’Connor.
The ordinance, and the emergency order that provided for it, took effect in December following a rise in crime in downtown Hudson as Minnesotans flocked across the border to the open establishments.
Following weeks of quiet, City Attorney Catherine Munkittrick said the circumstances allowing the orders have changed.
Star-Observer top 10: A pandemic election, twice
Story No. 2: Wisconsin s spring elections were the first exposure to what an election looks like amid a pandemic, and a preview of what was to come in the November general election. Written By: Rebecca C. Mariscal | 5:00 pm, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
Voters maintain proper social distancing as they wait to cast their ballots at the Hudson Fire Station near lunchtime Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Poll workers limited access to the station to one voter at a time and sanitized voting booths after each ballot was cast in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Bob Burrows / RiverTown Multimedia