Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission held their second regular monthly meeting on Monday night, September 20th at the Hillsboro Community Center. At the meeting, the commission held a public hearing for their preliminary 2022 budget. There was no public comment, and Hillsboro Commission President Terry Sando says now they’ll fine tune the final…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission had their 2nd regular monthly meeting last Monday, August 16th at the Hillsboro Community Center. The commission recently approved moving forward with a special election this November to fill a vacant commission seat. Hillsboro City Commission President Terry Sando shares some of the details on the election. The…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission held their 2nd regular monthly meeting last Monday, July 19th at the Hillsboro Community Center, where they continued to face criticism from residents on their handling of blight problems across the city. The Hillsboro City Commission addressed the issue at their previous meeting, but again reiterated their mistake…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission had to put out fires at their most recent meeting after blight letters sent out by a commissioner caused an uproar in the community. Roughly two dozen or more business and residential property owners attended the meeting to speak up after receiving letters stating that their property needed…
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Hillsboro, ND — The Hillsboro City Commission held their 2nd regular monthly meeting on Monday night, June 21st. At the meeting the commission had discussions about the annual fireworks show that take place over the 4th of July. Given the current dry conditions, it may not be safe to have fireworks this year. The commission…
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Hillsboro, ND — A simple gaming authorization drew lengthy and heated discussions on Monday night during the regular Hillsboro City Commission meeting. The Tap That Bar currently contracts with the Hillsboro EDC nonprofit for their gaming, but this contract year they have selected the Aggie Foundation, a nonprofit out of Velva, North Dakota, for their…
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Hillsboro, ND — It won’t be long, and shovels will be in the ground for the City of Hillsboro’s new Riverwalk Housing Development. The Riverwalk Development is a 128-acre community west of I-29 that is split into three phases with the first phase expected to get underway later this summer. The city of Hillsboro has…
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Hillsboro, ND — While progress is slow, progress is being made on the City of Hillsboro’s new brewery, Goose River Brewing. Initially plans were in place to be open by mid-May, but the timeline is now being pushed back to July, according to owner Terry Sando. Sando notes there have been some delays with licensing…
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Hillsboro, ND — The city of Hillsboro held their regularly scheduled first monthly meeting Monday night at the Main Street Community Center. At the meeting, the city approved two façade grants for updating the exteriors of two downtown businesses. The commission approved spending $5,000 to assist The Idea Shop to improve the brick exterior around…
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Hillsboro, ND — The city of Hillsboro held their regularly scheduled meeting Monday evening at the Main Street Community Center. During the meeting the city held the Tax Equalization meeting discussing increased property tax assessments. During the meeting Some commissioners expressed concern that some home assessments were outdated resulting in lost property tax revenue for…
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