When the state’s judicial redistricting panel on Feb. 21 split Hutchinson into House District 18A and 18B by using State Highway 15, that meant the city would have to redraw its precincts. That’s because it put two precincts in the two Minnesota House districts. That’s a no-no. “State law mandates that a municipal precinct not be in more than one legislative district,” City Attorney Marc Sebora told City Council members Feb. 28. Sebora and c...
The McLeod County Board approved purchases on Feb. 21 totaling about $548,000 related to the Sheriff’s Office dispatch center and record-keeping upgrades.
A permit for a North Dakota firm to construct a new coal handling facility east of Stewart will be up for a vote Tuesday before the McLeod County Board.
State statute prohibits local government employees, other than licensed peace officers, from carrying firearms. A few more people could be added to that list.