The Itasca County Board met for a regular session at the Itasca County Courthouse on Tuesday.
During the meeting, commissioners approved an additional $15,000 in expected legal expenses for relocation efforts related to property acquisition for the construction of the new correctional facilities.
Attorneys with Rinke Noonan provided a letter why the budget had gone beyond its initial contract. The county board approved the original contract in August 2020. The board felt the issue was beyond the scope of the county attorney to handle the specialized service of relocating tenants.
County Administrator Brett Skyles recommended approving the additional $15,000.
âItâs not always easy to find relocation spots or relocate tenants in there,â Skyles said. âThis group (Rinke Noonan) has been excellent to work with and answered all my questions. Very responsive when it comes to any kind of communication and very professional. I was really glad we had some specialized co
Phasing out out non-biodegradable products from county facilities and parks by next year. //end headline wrapper ?>Styrofoam foam container. (Pixabay License).
Milwaukee County plans to phase out single-use plastics and other non-biodegradable products from county-owned facilities and parks by next year.
The county has also set a goal for the county
Parks Department to eliminate polystyrene foam, commonly used for to-go containers and cups, in 2022.
These goals, adopted on Earth Day by the Milwaukee County Board, mirror what some private businesses in Milwaukee and Madison have already done, said County Board Chair
Nicholson said the effects of climate change reach every sector of public life, but it doesn’t affect Milwaukee’s residents equally because of racial disparities.
The Itasca County Board of Commissioners officially opposed the parole of James Shane Swanson this week and recommended his continued incarceration.Â
The recommendation came during the county boardâs work session on Tuesday, April 20. The board felt the release of Swanson âwould create an extreme safety risk.âÂ
Swanson was convicted of four counts of first degree murder and one count of kidnapping on Dec. 14, 1994. Swanson and his co-defendant admitted to the killing of Carin Streufert in Aitkin County in the early hours of June 14, 1991.Â
On June 14, 1991, Streufert, an 18-year-old college student, went to a Perkins Restaurant in Grand Rapids with some friends between 12:30 and 1 a.m. Around 2:45 a.m., Streufert departed. Although another friend offered her a ride home, Streufert decided to walk.
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Two letters of reprimand alleging violations of county policy, one each from the Winona County Attorney to a different member of the County Board, brought a longstanding dividing line in county government more sharply into focus. One commissioner, Steve Jacob, responded to the allegations with his own allegations that county officials were trying to silence him and his constituents.
The conflict’s backstory is that of the Daley Farm case, where the county’s denial of the farm’s expansion request resulted in a lawsuit. Leading up to the denial, three Winona County Commissioners Chris Meyer, Marie Kovesci and Greg Olson coordinated with the environmental group Land Stewardship Project to appoint decision-makers that, a judge ruled, the commissioners knew in advance would oppose the Daley Farm expansion. “The rules were clearly broken,” Olmsted County District Court Judge Kevin Mark declared. Marcia Ward and Jacob, conversely, backed Daley Fa
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