Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council officially hired their new City Administrator this week, and it’s a familiar face. Currently serving as the Interim City Administrator, the Mahnomen City Council offered the position to Kari Kirschbaum, who accepted the offer. The interim tag will be removed October 1st when her new contract takes over.…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their first monthly meeting last week on Tuesday, September 7th. At the meeting the council approved their preliminary tax levy for the 2022 year and reviewed their 2022 proposed budget. Currently Mahnomen residents are looking at a 10% levy increase over last year. Interim Mahnomen City Administrator…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council had their first regular monthly meeting for the month of August on Monday night. At the meeting, they received an update on the search for the next permanent City Administrator. Current Interim City Administrator Kari Kirschbaum says so far they have a good field of candidates and will…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, June 7th. At the meeting, the council held a discussion on an easement and potential land swap to and from the White Earth Nation, according to Mahnomen City Administrator Berg. The council also welcomed interim City Administrator Kari Kirschbaum, who…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their second regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, February 16th where they continued on with the next phase of their Strategic Visioning and Tactical Planning sessions. At the previous meeting, the council established four distinct goals for the city, which include: Encourage Economic Vitality Provide and Maintain the…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their first meeting of the month on Monday night, February 1st via Zoom. At the meeting the council was introduced to the city’s new Code Enforcement Officer, Lance Henrickson. Henrickson will work on a part-time, on-call basis to help the city address and enforce code violations and…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council will host their first regular meeting for the month of February tonight, and as part of that they will kickoff the first of four strategic planning sessions for the city. Mahnomen City Administrator Mitch Berg says it’s been a while since the city had updated their strategic plan…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council had discussions regarding the proposed new fire hall, public works staff, and the need for housing at their second regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, January 19th. In regards to the new Fire Hall, the Mahnomen City Council approved the final construction plans so they can move forward with…
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Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council spent a majority of the first regular monthly meeting of year on Monday night discussing Public Works staffing with the recent departure of former Public Works Director Paul Domier. The city and Domier came to a mutual agreement to part ways following a complaint again for the long-time…
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By Mark Askelson markkrjb@loretel.net (12/11/20) Mahnomen, MN — The Mahnomen City Council held their first regular monthly meeting for the month of December on Monday night, December 7th. Due to another year of losses in 2019, the council had to have a presentation and public hearing regarding their municipal liquor store operations. Despite the losses,…
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