September 22, 2024
The Faribault County Commission passed a tentative levy and budget resolution for 2025, which represents a 9.238 percent increase over the previous year’s levy. “If we pass this, it can’t go up any more, but it can go down by December,” said Kari Jacobson, Faribault County Auditor-Treasurer.
September 22, 2024
The South Central Union School Board passed a 2025 levy that totaled just $892.12. “That represents a 0.02 percent increase,” Stacey Whiteside, finance manager for the South Central Union School Board, told the board. “And that’s against a budget of $3.9 million.”Final approval of the levy…
September 22, 2024
The Blue Earth City Council heard from several individuals during the public comment period of their meeting on Monday, September 16. One of them identified himself as Hoss Chang, a relatively recent immigrant to Blue Earth. Chang read aloud a letter he had written to the City Council regarding the new…