RED WING: United Way Opposes Proposed City Energy Fee as a Tax on Tax-Exempt Groups The city is exploring adding a monthly fee to gas and electric bills to raise nearly $350,000 and help backfill a $1 million budget deficit. Local non-profit leaders, however, say “in the guise of fairness” the proposal amounts to a “way to tax tax-exempt organizations.” DULUTH: No Deal-Check Cleared but City …
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FOREST LAKE: Feds Say School Board Must Include Two Teachers Over 65 in Early Retirement Plan School district aiming to reduce labor costs says two faculty members failed to meet state eligibility requirements. Then the unlucky applicants got the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) involved and next thing you know the checks were in the mail. OWATONNA: Food Fight Between …
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LITTLE FALLS: Council votes to raze historic house for parking lot City officials say they didn’t buy the now bat-infested 1893 property to preserve it but rather to use the land. MARSHALL: City Refuses to pay State More for Bungled Library Project Despite concerns the Minnesota Department of Corrections might not respond well, city councilors voted against …
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