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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, bac ....
County should help, not hinder, CWD management (2/15/2021)
As the at-large member of the public on the Board of Animal Health Farmed Cervid Advisory Committee, I was extremely concerned that our county commissioners’ failed to cooperate with the DNR to continue in the DNR s attempts to assess the severity of chronic wasting disease (CWD) by taking whitetail deer to sample on county property. While every individual may not be aware that CWD is a highly contagious, fatal, neurological disease that can be spread through deer, elk, soil, plants and water, the DNR has presented to the County Board for the past few years to keep that group informed. ....