By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (1/5/21) (Brainerd, MN) — The Crow Wing County Land Services Department is seeking public comments on the proposed 2021 Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Plan. Crow Wing County has been allocated $440,901 by the State Legislature to assist in the prevention of the spread of AIS within County lakes and rivers in…
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(BRAINERD, MN) — The Crow Wing County Board met for their final regular meeting of 2020 on Tuesday, December 29. Before reaching the headlining item of the agenda – the 2021 budget and levy – county administrator Tim Houle discussed the county’s most recent senior management team meeting. Houle said the team discussed the rollout…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (12/23/20) (Brainerd, MN) — The Crow Wing County Board did approve another round of COVID-19 relief funds for small businesses and nonprofits that continue to suffer from the State shutdowns. More than 1.2 millions dollars of state funding will be distributed through up to $10,000 grants being awarded to nonprofit and…
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The Crow Wing County Board held its first regular meeting for the month of December on Tuesday, December 15. Among the main agenda items was a presentation from Crow Wing Public Health Supervisor Michelle Moritz, who discussed the current state of affairs with the virus as well as the latest news regarding vaccines and the…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (12/14/20) (Brainerd, MN) — Crow Wing County Highway Maintenance will have plenty of work activities this week, combined with the snow that built up from Sunday afternoon. County maintenance crews will perform brush and nuisance tree removal along County Road 170 in Baxter, CSAH 15 in Jenkins Township, CSAH 30 in…
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Within the seven regional counties — Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd and Wadena — there were 1,552 new cases reported between Nov. 28 and Friday, Dec. 4. New confirmed cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus among residents in the region dropped this week to the lowest number since the first…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (12/3/20) (Brainerd, MN) — Crow Wing County residents now have the opportunity to view county snowplows on the county roads during winter snow events and will be able to track where plows are and where they are heading. The “Where’s My Snowplow?” link uses GPS to track the 15 snowplows, which…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (11/24/20) (Brainerd, MN) — Crow Wing County Highway Maintenance will be closed on Thursday, November 27th, in observance of Thanksgiving. County Maintenance crews will be active throughout the week with brush and nuisance tree removal along County Road 170 in Baxter, CSAH 43 in Gail Lake Township, CSAH 30 in Ironton…
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Crow Wing County is accepting deer carcasses free of charge for the second consecutive year at the county landfill on Highway 210 in Brainerd with the goal of minimizing the spread of chronic wasting disease. “Instead of passing the buck to somebody else, the county initiated a process to burn all deer carcasses in our…
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By Paul Vold kkinradio@embarqmail.com (11/17/20) (Crow Wing County, MN) — The Crow Wing County Highway and Anderson Sitework LLC have entered into an agreement for tree clearing and grubbing on CSAH 13 between State Highway 371 in Nisswa to County Road 137 in Lake Edward Township. Personnel on site will be working on and near…
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