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Dave Pedersen

County Board hires public health agency coordinator

06/24/2015 - 9:23am

Dave Pedersen

Jennifer Hauser was appointed as the new McLeod County Public Health Agency coordinator by the Board of Commissioners at its June 16 meeting. When the position first opened, the county considered different ways to re-structure the job. When there was not a lot of interest, especially internally, the board went back to fill the original job description. Hauser previously worked for the county...

Adult crime drops slightly in the county

05/13/2015 - 9:54am

McLeod County Attorney Mike Junge reported a slight decrease in adult criminals charged in 2014 compared to the previous year while presenting part of his annual report at the May 5 McLeod County Board of Commissioners meeting. He gave part of the report for the benefit of students from the county attending the meeting. The rest will be...

County turns low seal coat bid into better road surface

05/06/2015 - 9:32am

The savings from a low seal coat bid this year will result in other McLeod County road improvement. Highway Engineer John Brunkhorst requested McLeod County Board approval to solicit quotes for an ultra-thin bonded wearing course on South Grade Road (CSAH 115) between CSAH 7 and Otter Lake Bridge in lieu of doing a double-chip seal that had...

County Board turns down request for new position

04/22/2015 - 9:14am

McLeod County commissioners voted not to hire a part-time deputy emergency management director at this time at the meeting on Tuesday, April 21. The personnel committee could not come up with a recommendation so it asked Kevin Mathews, county emergency management director, to present information regarding the request. The state requires...

Sheriff reports drug, violent crimes are up

04/15/2015 - 8:49am

What stood out for McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehmann in his 2014 annual report to the Board of Commissioners is the increase in controlled substance cases and crimes of violence. The report shows controlled substance crimes that involved jail bookings increased from 189 in 2013 to 304 in 2014. Crimes of violence are up to 240 cases from 235...

County decides to hire full-time health director

04/15/2015 - 8:45am

After trying to fill the vacant public health director position in a different way, McLeod County commissioners went back to the drawing board to have business as usual. The board had voted to hire a lesser involved deputy public health director to lead the department until options are examined, including possibly combining the director...