Judge sends Daley Farm request back to Board of Adjustment
Winona County s Board of Adjustment will again hear the Daleys request for a waiver of the animal unit cap. 10:50 pm, Jan. 25, 2021 ×
Members of the Winona County Board of Adjustments, from left, Wendy Larson, Philip Schwantz, Cherie Hales, Larry Greden and Rachel Stoll, listen to testimony before the board concerning the proposed expansion of Daley Farm during a Feb. 21, 2019, BOA meeting. (Post Bulletin file photo)(Post Bulletin file photo)
WINONA First Judicial District Judge Kevin F. Mark has ruled that a February 2019 decision by the Winona County Board of Adjustment is void and the 2021 version of that board must again hear the request for a waiver by Daley Farm LLC of Lewiston.
Judge weighs what to do with Daley case (1/13/2021)
After a years-long regulatory and legal saga, a judge is set to rule in the coming weeks on the Daley Farm’s bid to expand its Lewiston dairy and get an exception to Winona County’s limit on farm size.
Olmsted County District Court Judge Kevin Mark ruled last month that members of the Winona County Board of Adjustment (BOA) who actively opposed the farm expansion just before they supposed to serve as impartial judges of it were biased, violating the farm’s due process right to a fair hearing. Now the question is, what should the court do to correct the situation? The attorney for the Daley Farm, Matt Berger, argued this week the judge should order the county to approve the farm expansion, while the county’s attorney, Paul Reuvers, wrote that the court should send the issue back to the BOA for fresh decision.
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In the wake of a judge’s ruling that chastised the Winona County Board’s handling of committee appointments, the same County Board is gearing up to make new appointments to committees that handle important and sometimes controversial land-use decisions.
On January 5, the County Board is slated to vote on who to appoint to the Planning Commission and the Board of Adjustment (BOA) and who should be the next chair of the County Board. The chairship matters because the chair alone appoints Planning Commission members, while the full board appoints BOA members. Both bodies are called on to make important decisions that affect the environment, the economy, agriculture, and lives of local residents. These appointments are sometimes contentious, as environmentalists and property-rights supporters jockey for control of the committees. This year’s appointments come after revelations in the Daley Farm’s recent lawsuit raised new questions about the appoin
Winona County Board moves forward with 80-bed jail planning
The county board voted against holding a much-requested public hearing on the issue before moving forward with new jail. 7:44 am, Dec. 23, 2020 ×
A potential option for the new Winona County Jail is shown in these plans. The county board will consider options and directions for a future jail during a Tuesday s county board meeting. (Courtesy Winona County)
WINONA The message might have been loud and clear, but the Winona County Board of Commissioners – three members in particular – didn t hear it.
Fourteen people took time Tuesday to comment about the proposed jail project, asking the county board to hold a public hearing where members of the community could ask questions about the jail and, perhaps, talk about options to incarceration. But when Commissioner Steve Jacob proposed putting off any vote on the jail in order to hold such a meeting, three commissioners – Marie Kovecsi, Chris M