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This document constitutes a summary of the proceedings of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners’ August 18, 2026 meeting. The full text of these proceedings is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the County Administrator, Jackson County Courthouse, 405 Fifth Street, in the City of Jackson, Minnesota.
(Undated) In local school board elections the MCW school district elected Paul Schoen, Sam Meixell and Brandon Clarke to the board. In Fairmont there were three running for the School board so Michael Edman, Jen Harris and Betsy Tino will serve the Fairmont School District. Jackson County Central elected Kylla Hummel, Nolan Schuller and Shelly Hotzler to the board and the school referendum passed at JCC by slim margin of 132 votes. The referendum replaces a current $460 per pupil funding level and increases it to $1460 per student. School officials warned that drastic reductions would have had to take place had the measure not passed. Mark Franta, Kyle Zierke, and Brice Hanson won their school board election for the Blue Earth Area School District.
Martin County residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on the proposed PowerOn Midwest 765-kilovolt transmission line during a public hearing next Thursday, November 12th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fox Lake Event Center in Sherburn. The proposed line would cross southern Minnesota, including Martin County, as part of a route connecting South Dakota to Dakota County. The project needs approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, which is seeking public input on its necessity and potential environmental impacts. The hearing will include opportunities for residents to speak and ask questions. The project has already faced opposition from local landowners and the Martin County Board. Additional hearings will be held November 10th in Windom and November 16th online. Written comments will be accepted through December 7th. Comments should reference docket number C-N-25-117.
PathOne Data Centers will host a community information meeting on the potential project.
NEW ULM, Minnesota — Congressman Brad Finstad trailed by roughly 300 votes in his re-election campaign but delayed conceding to Rochester school teacher Jake Johnson. It was believed that Finstad, at home on his New Ulm farm, was weighing a request for a recount. With the last precinct reporting at 2:30 a.m., the margin was 49.99% to 49.89% in Johnson’s favor. According to Minnesota law, a recount can take place if the difference is less than 0.25%. Johnson’s lead was 0.10% . The district spans Minnesota’s southern-most counties from the Wisconsin border to the South Dakota border.
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KCAU) —Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake held a groundbreaking Thursday for the construction of their new Emergency Department. Construction has already started on the project, so it was a "wall-breaking" instead of groundbreaking. The current Emergency Department was built in 1993 and was meant to...
Voters in the George-Little Rock Community School District said "no" on authorizing up to $14.95 million in general obligation bonds for school improvements in Little Rock and George. A total of 1,197 votes were cast on the bond question, with 632 (52.8 percent) "no" and 565 (47.8 percent) "yes." --...
MARSHALL, Minn. — Lyon County voters decided several contested local races during Tuesday’s election, including mayoral, city council and school board contests. In Marshall, John Alcorn defeated Larry Magrath in the Ward 1 City Council race, receiving 823 votes to Magrath’s 455. Several school board races also...
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Voter turnout in the 2026 midterm was high in Minnesota with early voting in Minnesota reaching record numbers for a midterm in Minnesota according to the Minnesota Secretary of State. Michael Stalberger, deputy county administrator in Blue Earth County, said that voter enthusiasm led to increased...
Republican Senate nominee Michele Tafoya skipped the usual campaign-event backdrop for her final push — a coffee shop in White […]
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The new bridge beams contain enough steel wire to stretch from St. Paul to Austin, Texas.
Eleven years of local makers under one roof. The MN Christmas Market pops up in St. Paul, Cottage Grove and Red Wing this season, a dollar at the door.
Last night, the 2026 midterm election results delivered plenty of historic firsts. It was a particularly powerful night for Native American representation: Democrat Deb Haaland became the first Native American woman to be elected as Governor of New Mexico, while Peggy Flanagan—the current lieutenant governor of Minnesota—became the first Native woman to win the U.S. Senate seat in her state. (And there could even be a third victory for the Indigenous community today: at the time of publishing this story, Alaska’s Mary Peltola is currently leading the race for a Senate seat, too.)
Cedrick Frazier narrowly defeated Anders Folk in the Hennepin County attorney race, following a campaign shaped by competing visions for the office. The post Frazier to be next Hennepin County Attorney in a tight win for progressives appeared first on Eden Prairie Local News .
Dozens of people charged in connection to January's protest inside a Twin Cities church during the height of Operation Metro Surge returned to federal court on Thursday.
Two Northern Minnesota House seats flip blue, reshaping Northland representation in St. Paul.
Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools will each receive approximately $1 million more annually after Minnesota voters approved larger school trust fund distributions. The post Minnesota passes constitutional amendment to send more trust fund money to schools appeared first on Sahan Journal .
"Everybody's kind of going through it these days with prices and everything."
Current Ward 2 St. Paul Council member Rebecca Noecker beat state District 65B Representative Maria Isa Perez-Vega by just 119 votes to become the next Ramsey County District 5 Commissioner. The total votes for Noecker were 15,829 anad for Perez-Vega 15,710. There were 22 write-ins. The seat was vacated by Rafael Ortega who did not seek reelection.
